4-hitter

1. 1.

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits

   Synonymsfour-hitter

   Broaderbaseball

Questions about 4-hitter

What does 4-hitter mean?

4-hitter means "a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits".

How many syllables are in 4-hitter?

4-hitter has 2 syllables: 4-hit-ter. The stress falls on "4-hit".

What is another word for 4-hitter?

Close synonyms include four-hitter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is 4-hitter a common word?

4-hitter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.