hitter

/ ˈhɪtə /

noun

1. informal.
   a boxer who has a hard punch rather than skill or finesse
2. a person who hits something

Example Sentences

It sounded like a big margin to spot a strong hitter, and the party of the second part snapped the bet up.

From The Daily Beast

A pinch hitter named Pickle Smith was announced for Jacksonville.

From The Daily Beast

He sported hair curlers in the dugout, took handfuls of amphetamines before games, and pitched a no-hitter on LSD.

From The Daily Beast

As a trial judge in Washington, D.C., Eric Holder was known as a tough sentencer, a long-ball hitter in courthouse parlance.

From The Daily Beast

SAC is represented by Jonathan Gasthalter, a partner of PR heavy-hitter Sard Verbinnen & Co.

From The Daily Beast

You see, he was such a picture of a man's man in every sense of the word; a fighter and a hard-hitter, right from the jump.

From Project Gutenberg

Betty had spoken of Peter as a stubborn swordsman and a hard hitter, and both of these he now showed himself to be.

From Project Gutenberg

He must have been a hard hitter if he boxed as he preachedwhat The Fancy would call an ugly customer.

From Project Gutenberg

That head of yours ain't thick enough to stop the crook of the hardest hitter in Bristol.'

From Project Gutenberg

Cuc-cuc-come on, Osgood, implored Springer, as the next hitter was seen to rise from the bench; youre the boy to do the trick.

From Project Gutenberg