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hittable

hittable

1 3.7
Easy to hit with a bat or racket
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɪtəbl/
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  • The batter was thrilled when he finally saw a hittable pitch that he could drive into the outfield.
  • hittable fastball
  • hittable pitch
  • very hittable

Examples

  • If they are hitting earlier in the count because they are crushing hittable pitches, that is a good thing.

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  • In baseball, identifying hittable pitches is crucial for a successful game strategy.

  • His stuff was flat, slow, very hittable, but the Tigers have to, you know, actually hit it for him not to look like a superstar.

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  • Fidel threw six more such pitches, all hittable as hell.

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  • He's otherwise a very hittable pitcher who will be a steady.

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  • The normally reliable and unhittable Jonny Venters became very hittable.

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  • I love the fact that he has managed to temper down the walks (remember, this is a guy who used to be wild with a BB/9 of 6.2) every season, although at times he can be hittable.

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  • Justin Germano was very hittable once again and gave up five runs on six hits, with two walks, a hit batsman, and two strikeouts in five innings.

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  • During the game, the pitcher struggled because he kept throwing hittable fastballs down the middle.

Antonyms

1 7.2

Very hard or impossible for a player to make contact with the ball in sports like baseball

How Hittable

hittable
1 3.7
vulnerable
581 4.0
elusive
43 7.0
unhittable
1 7.2

Surface Forms

hittable positive

Morphology

hittable = hit (transparent) = hit + able

Standard adjectival formation meaning 'capable of being hit' or 'easy to hit', directly derivable from 'hit'.

Etymology

The word hittable comes from hit ('to strike') and -able ('able to be'), so in sports a 'hittable' ball or serve is simply one that is 'able to be hit' and is easy to strike.