2. (Baseball) The batter; as, there are two strikes on the
hitter.
[PJC]
{heavy hitter}
1. A baseball player who gets many extra-base hits.
2. A person who is very important or is very effective at his profession. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
heavy hitter — ˌheavy ˈhitter noun [countable] informal JOURNALISM a person or organization with a lot of influence or power: • We wanted a heavy hitter as chairman. * * * heavy hitter UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ► … Financial and business terms
heavy hitter — heavy hitter, adj. 1. a baseball player who makes many extra base hits. 2. a very important or influential person: the secretary of state and other heavy hitters. [1975 80] * * * … Universalium
heavy hitter — n AmE 1.) a person or company that has a lot of power, especially in business or politics 2.) a ↑baseball player who hits the ball very hard … Dictionary of contemporary English
heavy hitter — noun count INFORMAL 1. ) a person or organization with a lot of influence and power, especially in politics or business 2. ) a baseball player who is able to hit the ball very hard … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heavy hitter — ☆ heavy hitter n. 1. a baseball player who hits many home runs and other extra base hits 2. Slang a very important or influential person … English World dictionary
heavy hitter — noun an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in • Hypernyms: ↑important person, ↑influential person, ↑personage * * * noun, pl ⋯ ters [count] US informal : an important or powerful person or thing She spoke… … Useful english dictionary
heavy hitter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms heavy hitter : singular heavy hitter plural heavy hitters mainly American informal a person or organization with a lot of influence and power, especially in politics or business … English dictionary
heavy hitter — See a heavy hitter … English idioms
heavy hitter — (also big hitter) noun informal an important or powerful person … English new terms dictionary
heavy hitter — noun Date: 1976 big shot, heavy … New Collegiate Dictionary
