hitting (verb)

  • 111bat — bat1 [ bæt ] noun count ** 1. ) a long wooden object used for hitting the ball in games such as baseball and CRICKET a ) BRITISH a PADDLE in table tennis 2. ) a small animal that flies at night and looks like a mouse with large wings at bat… …

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  • 112club — club1 [ klʌb ] noun count *** ▸ 1 society for activity ▸ 2 place for entertainment ▸ 3 sports players and staff ▸ 4 place to relax ▸ 5 for buying at low price ▸ 6 suit of playing cards ▸ 7 for hitting ball in golf ▸ 8 stick used as weapon ▸ +… …

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  • 113dent — [[t]de̱nt[/t]] dents, denting, dented 1) VERB If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it. [V n] A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the… …

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  • 114bat — bat1 noun 1》 an implement with a handle and a solid surface, used in sports such as cricket or baseball for hitting the ball. 2》 a slab on which pottery is formed, dried, or fired. verb (bats, batting, batted) 1》 (in sport) take the role of… …

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  • 115rebound — 1 verb 1 (I) if a ball or other moving object rebounds, it moves quickly back through the air, after hitting something (+ off): The ball rebounded off the wall and I caught it. 2 (I) if prices, values etc rebound, they increase again after… …

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  • 116stroke — I. /stroʊk / (say strohk) noun 1. an act of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, a hammer, etc.; a blow. 2. a hitting of or upon anything. 3. a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell, or the sound produced by this. 4. a throb or pulsation …

  • 117bat — Ⅰ. bat [1] ► NOUN ▪ an implement with a handle and a solid surface, used in sports for hitting the ball. ► VERB (batted, batting) 1) (in sport) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball. 2) hit with the flat of one s hand. 3) …

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  • 118half volley — noun a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces • Hypernyms: ↑return * * * noun : a ball that is stroked or batted at the instant it rebounds from the ground: as a. : a kick in soccer taken on the run as a ball rebounds …

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  • 119work — work1 [ wɜrk ] verb *** ▸ 1 have job ▸ 2 spend time doing something ▸ 3 operate well ▸ 4 have effect ▸ 5 move gradually ▸ 6 shape a substance ▸ 7 do calculation ▸ 8 grow crops on land ▸ 9 dig substances out ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to have a …

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  • 120stick — I [[t]stɪ̱k[/t]] NOUN USES ♦♦♦ sticks 1) N COUNT A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. Syn: twig 2) N COUNT A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for… …

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