Sekirov Dictionary

hit-out

noun 4
hit out verb 4
forms 3

noun4

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(UK) A match or session, particularly for practice.
- “There were some of the dives that could have been performed better but it was good to have a hit-out.” — 2009
An instance of knocking the ball out of a ruck contest.
A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.
(Australia) A fast gallop.

hit out verb4

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To strike out with the fist, usually without planning or accuracy.
- Feeling somebody grab at his wallet in the darkness, he hit out at the assailant.
(figurative) To react viciously (towards someone/something).
To leave; to head out.
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(no longer used) To perform by good luck.
- having the sound of those auncient poets still ringing in his eares, he mought needes, in singing, hit out some of their tunes — 1579

forms

hitting out · hits out · hit-outs

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