What does hitting mean?

Definitions for hitting
hit·ting

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hit, hitting, strikingnoun

    the act of contacting one thing with another

    "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

Wiktionary

  1. hittingnoun

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

  2. hittingnoun

    The skill of hitting.

ChatGPT

  1. hitting

    Hitting refers to the act of coming into violent contact with something; to strike forcefully or deliberately. It can also refer to achieving or reaching a particular level, point or target. This action can relate to various contexts like sports, success achievements, or physical assault.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hitting

    of Hit

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'hitting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4537

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hitting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hitting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hitting in a Sentence

  1. Louis Oosthuizen:

    Yesterday afternoon there was a lot of smoke and little bit of wind but today it was clear and it's not windy so a lot of opportunities, i've been hitting it good and happy where I am.

  2. Shaw Stockbroking analyst Darrin Vincent:

    Graham's always mentioned elections as a point of hitting on consumer sentiment and affecting his sales.

  3. Morgan Hoffmann:

    I'm trying to birdie every hole out there, so it was good, just hitting great putts and good shots into the greens really helps. It's nice to hit some greens for a change. This year hasn't been that great, and it's a good change.

  4. Ana Ivanovic:

    Definitely I had very slow start. I felt like I was hitting the ball all right, but I was just missing the easy put-aways, i nearly came back in the first set, but was really happy I kept my composure for the second and definitely in the third to stay on top.

  5. William Carolan:

    These gangs will have to go and try and access those guns again and we will keep hitting them at every opportunity to keep removing firearms off the streets.

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