Usually means: Drop to the ground quickly.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit the deck: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit the deck: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hit the deck: Vocabulary.com
  4. hit the deck: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. hit the deck: Wiktionary
  6. hit the deck: Dictionary.com
  7. Hit the Deck (musical), Hit the deck: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hit the deck: Rhymezone
  9. hit the deck: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hit the deck: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hit the deck: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the deck: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hit The Deck: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hit the deck)

verb:  (informal) To drop to a lying or other low position, especially quickly.

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