hit
hit
- 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 - n a conspicuous success
that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career - n (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- 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 - v cause to move by striking
hit a ball - v hit against; come into sudden contact with
The car hit a tree - 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
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts - v affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
We were hit by really bad weather - v hit with a missile from a weapon
- v encounter by chance
- v gain points in a game
He hit a home run
He hit .300 in the past season - v cause to experience suddenly
An interesting idea hit her - v make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- v kill intentionally and with premeditation
- v drive something violently into a location
he hit his fist on the table - v reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
The thermometer hit 100 degrees - v produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
- 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
- Bush hit 53 in March; Clinton hit 51 within a month of his inauguration.
- With The Baader Meinhof Complex, the maverick film producer turns a painful German memory into an action hit and earns another nod from the Academy.
- For example, the asteroid that hit 65 million years ago that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs caused a title wave that was probably a mile high when it hit the coast.