hit (hɪt
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: hits, hitting, hit
(mainly tr) - (also intr) to deal (a blow or stroke) to (a person or thing); strike ⇒
the man hit the child
- to come into violent contact with ⇒
the car hit the tree
- to reach or strike with a missile, thrown object, etc ⇒
to hit a target
- to make or cause to make forceful contact; knock or bump ⇒
I hit my arm on the table
- to propel or cause to move by striking ⇒
to hit a ball
- cricket to score (runs)
- to affect (a person, place, or thing) suddenly or adversely ⇒
his illness hit his wife very hard
- to become suddenly apparent to (a person) ⇒
the reason for his behaviour hit me and made the whole episode clear
- to achieve or reach ⇒
to hit the jackpot
unemployment hit a new high
- to experience or encounter ⇒
I've hit a slight snag here
- slang to murder (a rival criminal) in fulfilment of an underworld contract or vendetta
- to accord or suit (esp in the phrase hit one's fancy)
- to guess correctly or find out by accident ⇒
you have hit the answer
- informal to set out on (a road, path, etc) ⇒
let's hit the road
- informal to arrive or appear in ⇒
he will hit town tomorrow night
- informal mainly US Canadian to demand or request from ⇒
he hit me for a pound
- slang to drink an excessive amount of (alcohol) ⇒
to hit the bottle
- See hit it
- See hit skins
- See hit the sack
- See not know what has hit one
noun
- an impact or collision
- a shot, blow, etc, that reaches its object
- an apt, witty, or telling remark
- informal
- a person or thing that gains wide appeal ⇒
she's a hit with everyone
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a hit record
- a person or thing that gains wide appeal ⇒
- informal a stroke of luck
- slang
- a murder carried out as the result of an underworld vendetta or rivalry
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a hit squad
- slang a drag on a cigarette, a swig from a bottle, a line of a drug, or an injection of heroin
- computing a single visit to a website
- See make a hit with
Word Origin
Old English hittan, from Old Norse hittaSynonyms
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strike,
beat,
knock,
punch,
belt,
deck,
bang,
batter,
clip,
slap,
bash,
sock,
chin,
smack,
thump,
clout,
cuff,
flog,
whack,
clobber,
smite,
wallop,
swat,
tonk,
lay one on beat or knock seven bells out of
Quotations
"A hit, a very palpable hit"
Translations
- British English:
hit
A hit is the act of a moving object touching another object very quickly or hard....a hit on the head.hɪt NOUN ...a hit on the head.
- Spanish:
golpe
nm
- French:
coup
nm
- German:
Schlag
nm Schläge
- Chinese: 打击 n
- Arabic: ضَرْبَة n
- Portuguese: batida nf
- Russian: удар nm
- Croatian: pogodak nm
- Czech: náraz nm
- Danish: træffer nutr
- Dutch: klap nm
- Finnish: osuma n
- Greek: χτύπημα nnt
- Italian: successo nm
- Japanese: 衝突 n
- Korean: 타격 n
- Norwegian: støt nnt
- Polish: uderzenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: batida nf
- European Spanish:
golpe
nm
- Swedish: succé nutr
- Thai: การตี n
- Turkish: çarpma n
- Vietnamese: cú đánh n
- British English:
hit
If you hit something, you touch it with a lot of strength.She hit the ball with the bat.hɪt VERB She hit the ball with the bat.
- Spanish:
golpear
v
- French:
heurter
vt
- German:
schlagen
v
- Chinese: 打击 vt
- Arabic: يُصِيبُ vt
- Portuguese: bater vt
- Russian: ударять vt
- Croatian: udariti v
- Czech: udeřit vt
- Danish: ramme v
- Dutch: slaan vt
- Finnish: lyödä v
- Greek: χτυπώ v
- Italian: colpire v
- Japanese: 打つ v
- Korean: (...을) 때리다 vt
- Norwegian: slå v
- Polish: uderzyć vt uderzać
- Brazilian Portuguese: bater vt
- European Spanish:
golpear
v
- Swedish: slå vt
- Thai: ตี vt
- Turkish: vurmak vt
- Vietnamese: đánh v
Usage examples
The tree which the bike had hit bore a scorched scar like a roughly cauterized wound.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)NEW CYCLE SPORT ON SALE The April issue of CW's sister magazine, Cycle Sport, has just hit the shelves.
Cycling Weekly (2005)You can really drive the ball here and there are plenty of holes out here where you have to hit very precise iron shots.
Irish Times (2002)The 26-year-old, who was a ratings hit , will front BBC1's new series of Animal Park from July.
Glasgow Herald (2001)He achieved a hit with For Whom the Bell Tolls, a novel based on the Spanish Civil War.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)