Hittable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being struck or hit successfully, or (in baseball) able to be batted effectively by a player
2. Capable of being successfully struck or impacted, often used in contexts like sports to describe targets that can be effectively engaged by players
3. Capable of being targeted and physically struck or impacted

Etymology: "Hittable" is a plain formation: the verb "hit" with the suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being" something. "Hit" itself is an older word than it looks. It descends from a Proto-Germanic root, reached Old English as "hyttan," and in Middle English became "hitten," and the modern verb took shape from there. The suffix has a longer pedigree. "-able" comes through Old French "-able" from Latin "-ābilis" and "-bilis," which meant "able to be" or "fit for" a given action. English has attached it to native verbs for centuries, so "hittable" follows the same pattern as "washable" or "breakable."

Synonyms: strikeable