noun. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) he came all the way around on Williams' hit |
noun. the act of contacting one thing with another repeated hitting raised a large bruise|after three misses she finally got a hit |
noun. 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 |
noun. (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 |
noun. a dose of a narcotic drug |
noun. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit |
noun. a connection made via the internet to another website WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide |
verb. cause to move by striking hit a ball |
verb. hit against; come into sudden contact with The car hit a tree|He struck the table with his elbow |
verb. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument He hit her hard in the face |
verb. 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 |
verb. 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 |
verb. hit with a missile from a weapon |
verb. encounter by chance I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant |
verb. gain points in a game The home team scored many times|He hit a home run|He hit .300 in the past season |
verb. 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 |
verb. 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 |
verb. kill intentionally and with premeditation The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |
verb. drive something violently into a location he hit his fist on the table|she struck her head on the low ceiling |
verb. 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 |
verb. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments The pianist strikes a middle C|strike `z' on the keyboard |
verb. hit the intended target or goal |
verb. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to He tries to hit on women in bars |
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