0 in baseball, the player whose turn it is to hit the ball:
In the seventh inning, the manager inserted Trammell as a pinch hitter (= a player who hits instead of another player after the other player has appeared in the game).
Davis is expected to see action primarily as a designated hitter (= a player who regularly hits instead of another player, usually instead of the pitcher, each time it is the other player's turn to hit).
1 a player in baseball who hits the ball with the bat (= stick):
For example, by putting the price up the odds are that the addict will smoke his cigarette to the hitter end.
He was a hard hitter in debate, but his gift of warm friendliness made him a favourite on all sides.
They were the soldiers who came back from the war and found hitter disappointment awaiting them when they returned to the work shops.
I shall fight this to the hitter end.
Today, we are learning yet once again, laboriously and by hitter experience, that a nation cannot invest more than it is willing to save.
He is a hard hitter and at least one knows where one stands with hard hitters.
I mention that case merely as an example, and not in any hitter or controversial spirit, to prove to the right lion.
When hitter bins are available, they must be emptied.
