ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hit-out

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hit-out is a noun meaning (UK, sports) A match or session, particularly for practice.

Meaning

(UK, sports) A match or session, particularly for practice.

More Meanings

  1. (sports, field hockey) A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.
  2. (Australia, horse racing) A fast gallop.
  3. (Australian rules football) An instance of knocking the ball out of a ruck contest.

Example Sentences

“There were some of the dives that could have been performed better but it was good to have a hit-out.”
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.

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Related dictionary entries include hitout, knock-up, knockup, puntabout, air-shot, game.

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