hit woman
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9.1
- noun
- /hɪt ˈwʊmən/
- NSFW
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mujer de la mafia
- We don't hit women--
Examples
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In the story, the notorious hit woman expertly carried out her assignments with precision and stealth.
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Hit... woman.
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It's just another day in the life of this neurotic hit woman...
Blog text (8) -
Someone's cleaning house using a brunette hit woman.
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Not you, 'cause I don't hit women, but I'm tellin' you--
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The movie featured a skilled hit woman who took on dangerous contracts to eliminate high-profile targets.
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The detective struggled to track down the elusive hit woman responsible for a series of high-profile assassinations.
Synonyms
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6.9
A woman who kills another person on purpose
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8.9
A person paid to kill someone
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9.1
A person who is paid to kill someone with a gun
A woman who is paid to kill someone, often using a gun
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'female professional killer' depends on the slang/idiomatic sense of 'hit' (as in 'to carry out a hit' or the compound 'hitman'), not the basic meaning 'to strike'. A B1 learner who knows only the literal meanings of 'hit' and 'woman' would not infer 'assassin', so the expression is idiomatic and unpredictable.
Etymology
Hit woman: The phrase hit woman comes from the crime world, where hit meant a planned killing and a 'hit man' was someone paid to carry it out. So a hit woman is a woman hired to kill, meaning 'a female professional killer'.