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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɪtɚ/, [ˈhɪɾɚ]
• 韻: -ɪtə(ɹ)

名詞

hitter (plural hitters)

1. One who or that which hits.

   The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.

2. (slang) An assassin for hire; a hitman.
   • 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset:

     Death was Halston's business; he had brought it to eighteen men and six women in his career as an independent hitter.

3. (baseball) One who comes up to bat.
   • 1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times‎:

     He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.

4. (baseball, in combination) A game with a team making a specified number of hits.
   • 1981 April 26, UPI, “Royals Top Brewers on Gura's 3-Hitter, 4-2”, in The New York Times‎:

     Mike Flanagan (1-2) hurled a four-hitter in 50-degree weather made colder by wind gusting up to 25 miles an hour. […] Ross Baumgarten (2-1) combined with Lamarr Hoyt on a seven-hitter to hand Detroit its sixth straight loss.

   • 1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times‎:

     Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.

   • 2021 May 5, Tyler Kepner, “With No-Hitter, John Means Opens Up a World of Possibilities”, in The New York Times‎:

     You’ve never pitched a no-hitter or a one-hitter or a two-hitter or a three-hitter, because you’ve never pitched nine innings.

派生語

アナグラム

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