'Hit' definitions:

Definition of 'hit'

From: WordNet
noun
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
noun
The act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" [syn: hit, hitting, striking]
noun
A conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang]
noun
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: collision, hit]
noun
A dose of a narcotic drug
noun
A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
noun
A connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
verb
Cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
verb
Hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with] [ant: miss]
verb
Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
verb
Reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain]
verb
Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" [syn: hit, strike]
verb
Hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit, pip]
verb
Encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" [syn: stumble, hit]
verb
Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up]
verb
Cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" [syn: hit, strike, come to]
verb
Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: strike, hit]
verb
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]
verb
Drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" [syn: hit, strike]
verb
Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" [syn: reach, hit, attain]
verb
Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" [syn: strike, hit]
verb
Consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
verb
Hit the intended target or goal
verb
Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit\, pron. It. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit\,
  • 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit\, v. i.
  • 1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on. [1913 Webster]
  • If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another? --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck. [1913 Webster]
  • And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And millions miss for one that hits. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • To hit on or To hit upon, to light upon; to come to by chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the solution after days of trying. "None of them hit upon the art." --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
  • 1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). [1913 Webster]
  • I think you have hit the mark. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit. [1913 Webster]
  • Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point. [1913 Webster]
  • To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.
  • To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
  • 1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). [1913 Webster]
  • I think you have hit the mark. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit. [1913 Webster]
  • Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point. [1913 Webster]
  • To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.
  • To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit\, n.
  • 1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. [1913 Webster]
  • So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit; esp. A performance, as a musical recording, movie, or play, which achieved great popularity or acclaim; also used of books or objects of commerce which become big sellers; as, the new notebook computer was a big hit with business travellers. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • What late he called a blessing, now was wit, And God's good providence, a lucky hit. --Pope.
  • 3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin. [PJC]
  • Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.

Definition of 'Hit'

From: GCIDE
  • Hit \Hit.\ adj. Having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit song, a hit movie. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'hit'

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