'To hit out' definitions:
Definition of 'To hit out'
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]
Words containing 'To hit out'
- Hit,
- Hitting,
- To hit off,
- To hit on,
- hit it,
- hit it off,
- hit it up,
- hit on,
- hit up,
- Base hit,
- Sacrifice hit,
- Safe hit,
- Scratch hit,
- To hit the sack,
- To hit upon,
- fair hit,
- hit home,
- hit list,
- hit man,
- hit or miss,
- hit parade,
- hit squad,
- hit the books,
- hit the ceiling,
- hit the deck,
- hit the dirt,
- hit the hay,
- hit the jackpot,
- hit the road,
- hit the roof,
- hit the sack,
- hit the skids,
- hit upon,
- hitting average,
- no-hit,
- pinch hit,
- smash hit,
- take a hit,
- To hit the nail on the head,
- hard-hitting,
- hit the high spots,
- hit the nail on the head,
- hit-and-run,
- hit-or-miss,
- no-hit game,
- switch-hit,
- three-base hit,
- two-base hit