hittable

Etymology

hit + -able.

adj

  1. Able to be hit; fit to be hit
    Actually, we are both forgetting the most important step in why children are legally hittable and by whom. Jan 22, 1998, Chris&#32;<cddu...@ouray.cudenver.edu>, “3rd try - Gene Answers Lavonne re Criminalizing Home Spanking”, in (Usenet)
    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. October 1, 2004, “Dunn and Morgan”, in alt.sports.baseball.cinci-reds (Usenet)
    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. Oct 9, 2004, “The Red Sox just swept...”, in alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox (Usenet)

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