hittingn.
/ˈhɪtɪŋ/ The action of hit v. in various senses; striking, impact, collision; also figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > [noun]
hittingc1440
strokea1533
illision1603
incursion1615
incussion1615
attrition1630
impinginga1727
impact1781
impingement1837
impaction1945
the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun]
buffetingc1240
dintc1330
smitingc1330
dentinga1398
wapping1398
strikingc1400
swippingc1420
dinginga1425
bobbing1526
swappingc1540
nicking1668
hitting1687
biffing1915
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 242/1 Hyttynge, or towchynge, tactus.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 283 There was no hitting of them.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 25 'Tis the Hitting and Collision of them that must make them strike Fire.
1891 J. Morley in Daily News 27 Oct. 6/3 A hitting below the belt, for which I will venture to say you won't find a parallel in the worst times of our political history.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
hittingadj.
That hits or strikes; striking (literal and figurative).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [adjective] > that strikes
smitinga1382
swappingc1450
dinting1566
denting1575
bobbing1581
striking1625
hitting1632
jutting1776
pucking1922
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > severely
severe1561
excoriating1605
hitting1632
outbraiding1655
slashing1734
lancinating1762
tomahawking1777
hard-hitting1831
smashing1833
slashy1862
scarifying1865
scathing1865
slating1885
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Violent hitting, heurtant.
1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks 148 It was not any hitting or pinching Raillery.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. 292 Men will shoot at their enemies with the hittingest arm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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