Baseball skill
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verb
- To reach with or as if with a sudden blow
"His mom told him to stop hitting his sister."
- To come in quick forceful contact with
"the ball hit the window"
- To strike (something, such as a ball) with an object (such as a bat, club, or racket) so as to impart or redirect motion
"hit a fastball into the outfield"
- To cause to come into contact
"She accidentally hit her head getting into the car."
- To deliver (something, such as a blow) by action
- To apply forcefully or suddenly
"hit the brakes"
- To affect especially detrimentally
"farmers hit by drought"
- To make a request of
"hit his friend for 10 dollars"
- To discover or meet especially by chance
"prospectors hitting gold"
- To accord with suit
"hits public tastes"
- Reach, attain
"prices hit a new high"
- To arrive or appear at, in, or on
"hit town"
- To bite at or on
"will only hit live bait"
- To reflect accurately
"hit the right note"
- To reach or strike (something, such as a target) especially for a score in a game or contest
"couldn't seem to hit the basket"
- Bat
"a player who can hit .300"
- To indulge in excessively
"He repeatedly hit the bottle =drank alcoholic beverages excessively and, following a wild binge, was exiled to a remote post in the mountains …"
- To deal another card to (as in blackjack)
"hit me"
- To strike a blow
"boxers hitting furiously at each other"
- To arrive with a forceful effect like that of a blow
"the storm hit"
- To come into contact with something
"the plate shattered when it hit"
- Attack
"where the terrorists would hit next"
- Strike
- Bat
"next up to hit"
- To succeed in attaining or coming up with something
- To be in agreement suit
- To fire a quantity of mixed fuel and air in the cylinders see cylinder
"the engine wouldn't hit"
adjective
- Strikingly effective in force or result
"a hard-hitting exposé"
verb
- To execute a hit-and-run play in baseball
verb
- To give up no base hits to
"no-hit them for five innings"
verb
- To act or serve in place of another
- To bat in the place of another player especially when a hit is particularly needed
noun
- Bodily waste discharged through the anus feces, excrement
- An act of defecation
- Any of several intoxicating or narcotic drugs
- A minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) damn
"I don't give a shit what they think of me."
- A worthless, offensive, or detestable person
"He's such a (little) shit! = He's such a piece of shit!"
- Used as an interjection
- Used as an intensive usually with the
- Someone or something that is excellent and exemplary
- Something that is valuable or worthwhile
- bodily waste discharged through the anus : feces, excrement
- an act of defecation —usually used in the phrases take a shit and (British) have a shit
- nonsense, foolishness, crap; especially : trivial and usually boastful or inaccurate talk
verb
- To bat right-handed against a left-handed pitcher and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher in baseball
phrasal verb
- To attack or criticize someone after being attacked or criticized by them
"Weary of her rival's accusations, the candidate hit back with an aggressive ad campaign."
phrasal verb
- To make an angry attack against (someone)
"The singer hit out at her critics."
phrasal verb
- To ask (someone) for something (such as money)
"She's waiting for the right moment to hit up her father for a loan."
This clue was used on January 5, 2025.
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