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Quick definitions from WordNet (hit)
▸ noun: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) ("He came all the way around on Williams' hit")
▸ noun: a conspicuous success ("That song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career")
▸ noun: the act of contacting one thing with another ("Repeated hitting raised a large bruise")
▸ noun: a connection made via the internet to another website ("WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide")
▸ noun: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate ("It has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit")
▸ noun: a dose of a narcotic drug
▸ noun: (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together
▸ verb: drive something violently into a location ("He hit his fist on the table")
▸ verb: cause to experience suddenly ("An interesting idea hit her")
▸ verb: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to ("He tries to hit on women in bars")
▸ verb: hit the intended target or goal
▸ verb: consume to excess ("Hit the bottle")
▸ verb: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely ("We were hit by really bad weather")
▸ verb: hit against; come into sudden contact with ("The car hit a tree")
▸ verb: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument ("He hit her hard in the face")
▸ verb: cause to move by striking ("Hit a ball")
▸ verb: encounter by chance
▸ verb: gain points in a game ("He hit a home run")
▸ verb: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
▸ verb: hit with a missile from a weapon
▸ verb: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
▸ verb: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level ("The thermometer hit 100 degrees")
▸ verb: kill intentionally and with premeditation
▸ verb: reach a destination, either real or abstract ("We hit Detroit by noon")
▸ Also see hitting
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to hit
▸ Usage examples for hit
▸ Idioms related to hit (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing hit
▸ Words that often appear near hit
▸ Rhymes of hit
▸ Invented words related to hit
▸ noun: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) ("He came all the way around on Williams' hit")
▸ noun: a conspicuous success ("That song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career")
▸ noun: the act of contacting one thing with another ("Repeated hitting raised a large bruise")
▸ noun: a connection made via the internet to another website ("WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide")
▸ noun: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate ("It has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit")
▸ noun: a dose of a narcotic drug
▸ noun: (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together
▸ verb: drive something violently into a location ("He hit his fist on the table")
▸ verb: cause to experience suddenly ("An interesting idea hit her")
▸ verb: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to ("He tries to hit on women in bars")
▸ verb: hit the intended target or goal
▸ verb: consume to excess ("Hit the bottle")
▸ verb: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely ("We were hit by really bad weather")
▸ verb: hit against; come into sudden contact with ("The car hit a tree")
▸ verb: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument ("He hit her hard in the face")
▸ verb: cause to move by striking ("Hit a ball")
▸ verb: encounter by chance
▸ verb: gain points in a game ("He hit a home run")
▸ verb: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
▸ verb: hit with a missile from a weapon
▸ verb: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
▸ verb: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level ("The thermometer hit 100 degrees")
▸ verb: kill intentionally and with premeditation
▸ verb: reach a destination, either real or abstract ("We hit Detroit by noon")
▸ Also see hitting
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to hit
▸ Usage examples for hit
▸ Idioms related to hit (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing hit
▸ Words that often appear near hit
▸ Rhymes of hit
▸ Invented words related to hit