Hit-out

Alternative forms

• hitout
• hit out

Full definition of hit-out

Noun

1. (UK, sports) 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.”
• 2011, Greig Pickhaver, My Life in Shorts, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page,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.
2. (sports, field hockey) A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.
3. (Australia, horse racing) A fast gallop.

Coordinate terms

• (hockey shot) hit-in

Anagrams

• outhit