Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hit-out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.33 in modern English

Syllables: hit-out
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A match or session, particularly for practice.

British usage

noun

A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.

noun

Australian usage

noun

An instance of knocking the ball out of a ruck contest.

Example Sentences

"“There were some of the dives that could have been performed better but it was good to have a hit-out.”"
"There was a second prong to Bill′s in-the-dark equine hit-outs. He believed nocturnal track work produced great times on race day."

Usage

British usage
Australian usage

Inflected Forms

hit-outs (plural) hitout (alternative) hit out (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hit-in

Questions

What does hit-out mean?: A match or session, particularly for practice.

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