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hitting (countable and uncountable, plural hittings)

  1. A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.

    The batter's hitting improved with practice.

    • 1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 600:

      The right hand of Curtis was open too much; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes.

hitting

  1. present participle and gerund of hit