hit
noun
1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- he came all the way around on Williams' hit
Definition categories: act, effort, exploit, feat
2. the act of contacting one thing with another
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
Similar word(s): hitting, striking
Definition categories: act, touch, touching
3. a noticeable success
- that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
Similar word(s): bang, smash, smasher, strike
Definition categories: act, success
4. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
Similar word(s): collision
Definition categories: event, contact, impinging, striking
5. a dose of a narcotic drug
Definition categories: man–made, dosage, dose
6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
Definition categories: act, execution, murder, slaying
7. a connection made via the internet to another website
- WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
Definition categories: act, connection, connexion, joining
Sentences with hit as a noun:
- The hit was very slight.
- The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
- The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
- Where am I going to get my next hit?
- a happy hit
pronoun
1. (dialectal) It.
verb
1. cause to move by striking
- hit a ball
Definition categories: contact, impel, propel
2. hit against; come into sudden contact with
- The car hit a tree
Similar word(s): strike
Definition categories: contact, touch
3. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- He hit her hard in the face
Definition categories: contact, touch
4. reach a destination, either real or abstract
- We hit Detroit by noon
- I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Similar word(s): attain, gain, make, reach
Definition categories: motion
5. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- We were hit by really bad weather
Similar word(s): strike
Definition categories: contact, affect, impact, touch
6. hit with a missile from a weapon
Definition categories: competition, injure, wound
7. encounter by chance
Similar word(s): stumble
Definition categories: possession
8. gain points in a game
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
Definition categories: competition, advance, gain, win
9. cause to experience suddenly
- An interesting idea hit her
Similar word(s): strike
Definition categories: perception
10. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
Similar word(s): strike
Definition categories: competition, assail, attack
11. kill intentionally and with premeditation
Similar word(s): dispatch, murder, off, remove, slay
Definition categories: social, kill
12. drive something violently into a location
- he hit his fist on the table
Similar word(s): strike
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
13. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- The thermometer hit 100 degrees
Similar word(s): attain, reach
Definition categories: motion, arrive, come, get
14. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
Similar word(s): strike
Definition categories: contact, touch
15. hit the intended target or goal
Definition categories: competition, succeed, win
16. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- He tries to hit on women in bars
Definition categories: communication, approach
Sentences with hit as a verb:
- One boy hit the other.
- The ball hit the fence.
- Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
- If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.
- We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
- You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late. We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
- I hit the jackpot. The movie hits theaters in December. The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow. We hit Detroit at one in the morning but kept driving through the night.
- The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
- Hit me.
- Jones hit for the pitcher.
- The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
- I'd hit that.
- I hit that bong every night after work