Cryptic crossword clue
Overweight schoolboy without hesitation is hit with head 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BUNT

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The straight part
We know that "hit with head" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hit with head = bunt.
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What does BUNT mean?

BUNT noun
  1. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
  2. A push or shove; a butt.
  3. A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
  4. The act of bunting.
  5. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
  6. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.
BUNT verb
  1. To push with the horns; to butt.
  2. To spring or rear up.
  3. To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
  4. To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
  5. To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
  6. To swell out.
  7. (of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.

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