hitting (root: hit)

Verb (usu participle)

hit=ting

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hitting(n = noun.act) hit, striking - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

is a kind of touch, touching

has particulars: contusion, crash, smash, bunt, fly, fly ball, ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper, header, scorcher, screamer, plunk, plunker

Derived forms verb hit₆, verb hit₁₆, verb hit₂, verb hit₃, verb hit₁

hitting, n. [vb. n. from hit, v.].

The act of striking one thing against another; as, repeated hitting raised a large bruise [WordNet 1.5]

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