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countable and uncountable, plural hittings
A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object. quotations examples
The right hand of Curtis was open too much; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes.
1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 600
present participle and gerund of hit examples