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hitter
  • n  (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
  • n  someone who hits
    a hard hitter
    blacksmiths are good hitters
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hitting
  • n  the act of contacting one thing with another
    repeated hitting raised a large bruise
  • v  cause to move by striking
  • v  hit against; come into sudden contact with
  • v  deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
  • v  reach a destination, either real or abstract
  • v  affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
  • v  hit with a missile from a weapon
  • v  encounter by chance
  • v  gain points in a game
  • v  cause to experience suddenly
  • v  make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
  • v  kill intentionally and with premeditation
  • v  drive something violently into a location
  • v  reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
  • v  produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
  • v  consume to excess
  • v  hit the intended target or goal
  • v  pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
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hitting average
  • n  (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat
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hiv
  • n  infection by the human immunodeficiency virus
  • n  the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
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hive
  • n  a teeming multitude
  • n  a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  • n  a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
  • v  store, like bees
    bees hive honey and pollen
    He hived lots of information
  • v  move together in a hive or as if in a hive
  • v  gather into a hive
    The beekeeper hived the swarm
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hives
  • n  an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
  • n  a teeming multitude
  • n  a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  • n  a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
  • v  store, like bees
  • v  move together in a hive or as if in a hive
  • v  gather into a hive
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hizb ut-tahrir
  • n  the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state
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hizballah
  • n  a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
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hizbollah
  • n  a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
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hizbullah
  • n  a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
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hl
  • n  a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters
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hmg-coa reductase
  • n  a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol
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hmo
  • n  group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
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