slugger

Plural: sluggers

Noun

• One who hits hard, especially in baseball; a powerful hitter.
• (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
• a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
• A boxer who tends to deliver hard punches.
• A batter who has a high percentage of extra base hits.

Examples

• As a slugger of big words, he rarely settled for anything less than a seven-letter play.
• That will bring up the slugger, Jones.

Synonyms

batsman, batter, hitter, slogger