Definition of Hit in English :
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Hit meaning in English
Meaning of Hit in English
Pronunciation of Hit in English
Hit pronunciation in English
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Hit
see synonyms of hitNoun
1. hit
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
Example Sentences:'he came all the way around on Williams' hit'
the act of contacting one thing with another
Example Sentences:'repeated hitting raised a large bruise''after three misses she finally got a hit'
3. bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike
a conspicuous success
Example Sentences:'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'
4. collision, hit
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
Example Sentences:'the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction'
5. hit
a dose of a narcotic drug
6. hit
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
Example Sentences:'it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit'
7. hit
a connection made via the internet to another website
Example Sentences:'WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide'
Verb
8. hit
cause to move by striking
Example Sentences:'hit a ball'
9. collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
hit against; come into sudden contact with
Example Sentences:'The car hit a tree''He struck the table with his elbow'
10. hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Example Sentences:'He hit her hard in the face'
11. arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach
reach a destination, either real or abstract
Example Sentences:'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'
12. hit, strike
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
Example Sentences:'We were hit by really bad weather''He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager''The earthquake struck at midnight'
14. hit, stumble
encounter by chance
Example Sentences:'I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant'
15. hit, rack up, score, tally
gain points in a game
Example Sentences:'The home team scored many times''He hit a home run''He hit .300 in the past season'
cause to experience suddenly
Example Sentences:'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'
17. hit, strike
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
Example Sentences:'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'
18. bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay
kill intentionally and with premeditation
Example Sentences:'The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered'
19. hit, strike
drive something violently into a location
Example Sentences:'he hit his fist on the table''she struck her head on the low ceiling'
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
Example Sentences:'The thermometer hit 100 degrees''This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour'
21. hit, strike
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
Example Sentences:'The pianist strikes a middle C''strike z' on the keyboard''her comments struck a sour note'
22. hit
consume to excess
Example Sentences:'hit the bottle'
23. hit
hit the intended target or goal
24. hit
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
Example Sentences:'He tries to hit on women in bars'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Hit
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Hit
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Hit
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