hit

Nouns

• (n) (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
  • he came all the way around on Williams' hit
• (n) the act of contacting one thing with another
  • repeated hitting raised a large bruise
  • after three misses she finally got a hit
  hitting, striking,
• (n) 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
  smasher, bang, smash, strike,
• (n) (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
  collision,
• (n) a dose of a narcotic drug
• (n) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
  • it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
• (n) a connection made via the internet to another website
  • WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide

Verbs

• (v) cause to move by striking
  • hit a ball
• (v) hit against; come into sudden contact with
  • The car hit a tree
  • He struck the table with his elbow
  collide with, impinge on, run into, strike,
• (v) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
  • He hit her hard in the face
• (v) 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
  arrive at, reach, attain, gain, make,
• (v) 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
  strike,
• (v) hit with a missile from a weapon shoot, pip,
• (v) encounter by chance
  • I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
  stumble,
• (v) gain points in a game
  • The home team scored many times
  • He hit a home run
  • He hit .300 in the past season
  rack up, score, tally,
• (v) 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
  come to, strike,
• (v) 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
  strike,
• (v) kill intentionally and with premeditation
  • The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
  bump off, murder, off, slay, polish off, dispatch, remove,
• (v) drive something violently into a location
  • he hit his fist on the table
  • she struck her head on the low ceiling
  strike,
• (v) 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
  attain, reach,
• (v) 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
  strike,
• (v) consume to excess
  • hit the bottle
• (v) hit the intended target or goal
• (v) pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
  • He tries to hit on women in bars

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