"hitting partner" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "hitting partners",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "hitting partner (plural hitting partners)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tennis",
          "orig": "en:Tennis",
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      "glosses": [
        "A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach."
      ],
      "id": "en-hitting_partner-en-noun-L2KK1rZf",
      "links": [
        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ],
        [
          "rallies",
          "rally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tennis) A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sparring partner"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "tennis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hitting partner"
}

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    {
      "form": "hitting partners",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "hitting partner (plural hitting partners)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ],
        [
          "rallies",
          "rally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tennis) A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sparring partner"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "tennis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hitting partner"
}