• Hittable

    Origin

    hit + -able

    Full definition of hittable

    Adjective

    hittable

    1. able to be hit; fit to be hit
      • 1998, Jan 22, Chris, 3rd try - Gene Answers Lavonne re Criminalizing Home Spanking , Actually, we are both forgetting the most important step in why children are legally hittable and by whom.
      • 2004, October 1, Dunn and Morgan, he almost stops being a threat altogether because the pitcher knows there's nearly a 2-in-3 chance that Dunn won't even make contact. There's no incentive to throw him an even remotely hittable pitch.
      • 2004, Oct 9, The Red Sox just swept..., Just because the Sox were able to hit the Angels pen doesn't make all pitchers hittable. Overconfidence is a bad thing right now. The Sox do have the best offense out there. BUt that doesn't make the good pitching hittable automatically.
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