Associations to the word «Hitless»

Wiktionary

HITLESS, adjective. (baseball) (of a batter) Having failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game.
HITLESS, adjective. (baseball) (of a team) Having no hits over a period of time, usually part of one game.

Dictionary definition

HITLESS, adjective. (of a batter) without a hit; "he went hitless for three innings".
HITLESS, adjective. Having no points scores; "a scoreless inning".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats