Definition for Hitting:

• the act of contacting one thing with another; " repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; " after three misses she finally got a hit"

Synonyms for Hitting:

• adj.

  •striking (adjective)
  • clubbing,
  • punishing,
  • smacking,
  • thumping,
  • Clouting,
  • whipping,
  • whacking,
  • beating,
  • Slapping,
  • Slamming.

• n.

  •
  • going,
  • working,
  • functioning,
  • running,
  • operating.
  •act (noun)
  • striking,
  • HIT,
  • hitting.

• v.

  •attacking (verb)
  • scathing,
  • hammering,
  • attacking,
  • pounding,
  • Lunging,
  • Assailing,
  • rioting,
  • Assaulting,
  • Charging,
  • raping,
  • battering,
  • Flaying,
  • savaging,
  • scorching,
  • barraging,
  • slashing,
  • invading,
  • Bombarding,
  • Combating,
  • Harrying,
  • Violating,
  • fighting,
  • Storming,
  • Scarifying,
  • trouncing,
  • raiding,
  • thrusting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discovery.
  •roaring
  • plangent.

Paraphrases for Hitting:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    blasting.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    jolts, Floods, attacking.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    attacking.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    fighting, Awaiting, hurting, Afflicting, constraining, touching, touches, specific, Impacting, karate-chopping, Influencing, striving, devastating, Accomplishing, Attaining, Inflicting, Experiencing, Attaching, jeopardising, Infecting, charting, Delineating, impeding, struggling, shooting, tampering, Outlining, Disrupting, undermining, arriving, Pertaining, impinging, Achieving, leaving, affecting, confronting, troubling, register, Registering, Destroying, Impairing, Dedicating, Counteracting, Punching, Injuring, allocating, reaching, contacting, suffering, upsetting, knocking, damaging, Harming, approaching, colliding, pushing, Encountering, Minting, Suppressing, recording, compromising, assigning, Discharging, entering, concerning, searching, invading, cracking, Befalling, Besetting, Plaguing, honouring, breaking, Involving, Effecting, Respecting, Combating, combatting, grappling, kicking, Commencing, rushing, Averaging, Delivering, regarding, tackling, countering, Assaulting, Attempting, targeting, locating, climbing, pressing, beat, Earmarking, Receiving, realising, satisfying, tracing, sending, tapping, topping, putting, Realizing, Bombarding, Attracting, embracing, pursuing, shelling, Engulfing, squeezing, Fulfilling, Bashing, Relating, setting, slap, Slapping, flying, talking, Plotting, sweeping, Totaling, Totalling, surrounding, scoring, posting, Robbing, complying, accessing, Ramming, groping, bring, bringing, dampening, looking, seeking, playing, Nearing, urging, Occurring, Keying, crossing, type, typing, Amounting, Placing, Suing, raging, Peaking, find, finding, rising, curbing, turning, facing, coming, happening, Waging, wanting, Having, pounding, ranging, framing, causing, poking, paving, glaring, rapping, going, meeting, Earning, dealing, marking, Spanning, wounding, covering, flowing, laying, taking, drawing, pulling, falling, getting, Doing, making, striking, beating, attacking.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    hits, HIT, hammers, striking, beating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    HIT, beating, punch.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    battering, Storming.

Hitting Sentence Examples:

• We were saved this embarrassment by never hitting one.

• The crowd gathered closely around, and I became a little excited, and fearful lest some one should assist the stranger by kicking or hitting Frank.

Hypernym for Hitting:

• n.

  • act
    fly ball, fly, scorcher, header, grounder, smash, crash, contusion, ground ball, plunker, hopper, screamer, plunk, groundball, bunt.

Hyponym for Hitting:

• n.

  • act
    touch, touching.