hit

/hˈɪt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

cause to move by striking
“hit a ball”
hit against; come into sudden contact with
“The car hit a tree”
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
“He hit her hard in the face”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
“We hit Detroit by noon”
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
“We were hit by really bad weather”
hit with a missile from a weapon
encounter by chance
“I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant”
gain points in a game
“The home team scored many times”
cause to experience suddenly
“Panic struck me”
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
“The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
“The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
drive something violently into a location
“he hit his fist on the table”

noun

(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
“he came all the way around on Williams' hit”
the act of contacting one thing with another
“repeated hitting raised a large bruise”
a conspicuous success
“that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career”
(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”
a dose of a narcotic drug
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
“it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit”
a connection made via the internet to another website
“WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide”

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