Definição de 'hit'
Formas da palavra: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense hits
, present participle hitting
language note: The form hit is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1. verbo
If you hit someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your hand.
Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard. [VERB noun]
She hit him hard across his left arm. [VERB noun]
Police at the scene said the victim had been hit several times in the head. [VERB noun]
2. verbo
When one thing hits another, it touches it with a lot of force.
The car had apparently hit a traffic sign before skidding out of control. [VERB noun]
She hit the last barrier and sprawled across the track. [VERB noun]
3. verbo
...multiple-warhead missiles that could hit many targets at a time. [VERB noun]
The hospital had been hit with heavy artillery fire. [VERB noun]
Hit is also a noun.
First a house took a direct hit and then the rocket exploded.
4. verbo
If something hits a person, place, or thing, it affects them very badly.
[journalism] The plan to charge motorists £75 a year to use the motorway is going to hit me hard. [VERB noun]
Spain has been hit by storms since the beginning of the week. [VERB noun]
Special schools were hardest hit. [VERB noun]
5. verbo
When a feeling or an idea hits you, it suddenly affects you or comes into your mind.
It hit me that I had a choice. [VERB noun that]
Then the answer hit me. It had been staring me in the face. [VERB noun]
6. verbo
If you hit a particular high or low point on a scale of something such as success or health, you reach it.
[journalism] He admits to having hit the lowest point in his life. [VERB noun]
Oil prices hit record levels yesterday. [VERB noun]
7. substantivo contável [oft NOUN noun]
The song became a massive hit in 1945.
...the surprise hit video of the year.
8. substantivo contável
A hit is a single visit to a website.
[computing] Our small company has had 78,000 hits on its internet pages.
9. substantivo contável
10.
See hit it off
11.
See make a hit
14. to hit home
16. to hit the road
17. to hit the roof
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hit
Frequência da palavra
hit in British English
verboFormas da palavra: hits, hitting or hit (mainly tr)
1. (also intr)
he hit the table with his fist
8.
to become suddenly apparent to (a person)
the reason for his behaviour hit me and made the whole episode clear
18. See hit it
19. See hit skins
20. See hit the sack
21. See not know what has hit one
substantivo
23.
a shot, blow, etc, that reaches its object
25. informal
b.
(as modifier)
a hit record
27. slang
a.
a murder carried out as the result of an underworld vendetta or rivalry
b.
(as modifier)
a hit squad
30. See make a hit with
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Origem da palavra hit
Old English hittan, from Old Norse hittaFrequência da palavra
hit in American English
verbo transitivoFormas da palavra: hit or ˈhitting
1.
to come against, usually with force; strike
the car hit the tree
2.
to give a blow to; strike; knock
3.
to strike so as to deliver (a blow)
4.
to strike by throwing or shooting a missile at
to hit the target
5.
to cause to knock, bump, or strike, as in falling, moving, etc.
often with on or against to hit one's head on a door
7.
to come upon by accident or after search; find; light upon
to hit the right answer
9.
to go to; visit
we hit all the art galleries in town
10.
strike (sense 8) strike (sense 9) strike (sense 10) (variously)
11. US, Slang
to apply oneself to steadily or frequently
to hit the books
12. Slang
to demand or require of
with for; often with up she hit me up for a loan
13. US, Slang
to murder
said as of a hired murderer or an assassin14. Slang
to supply with a drug, etc.
15. US, Baseball
to get (a specified base hit)
to hit a double
16. US, Blackjack
to deal another card to
verbo intransitivo
17.
to give a blow or blows; strike
18.
to attack suddenly
19.
to knock, bump, or strike
usually with against20.
to come by accident or after search
with on or upon22. US, Baseball
to get a base hit
substantivo
23.
a blow that strikes its mark
24.
a collision of one thing with another
25.
an effectively witty or sarcastic remark
26.
a stroke of good fortune
28. Informal
31. Backgammon
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Formas derivadas
hitter (ˈhitter)
substantivo
Origem da palavra hit
ME hitten < OE hittan < ON hitta, to hit upon, meet with < IE base *keid-, to fall > Welsh cwydd, a fall
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Inglês Britânico: hit
/hɪt/ NOUN
A hit is the act of a moving object touching another object very quickly or hard.
...a hit on the head.
- Inglês Americano: hit /ˈhɪt/
- Árabe: ضَرْبَة
- Português Brasileiro: batida colisão
- Chinês: 打击
- Croata: pogodak
- Tcheco: náraz
- Dinamarquês: træffer
- Holandês: klap
- Espanhol Europeu: golpe impacto
- Finlandês: isku
- Francês: coup
- Alemão: Schlag
- Grego: χτύπημα
- Italiano: successo
- Japonês: 衝突
- Coreano: 타격
- Norueguês: støt slag
- Polonês: uderzenie kolizja
- Português Europeu: batida
- Romeno: lovitură
- Russo: удар
- Espanhol: golpe
- Sueco: succé
- Tailandês: การตี, แรงปะทะ, การชน
- Turco: çarpma
- Ucraniano: удар
- Vietnamita: cú đánh
Inglês Britânico: hit
/hɪt/ VERB
If you hit something, you touch it with a lot of strength.
She hit the ball with the bat.
- Inglês Americano: hit /ˈhɪt/
- Árabe: يُصِيبُ
- Português Brasileiro: bater
- Chinês: 打击
- Croata: udariti
- Tcheco: udeřit
- Dinamarquês: ramme
- Holandês: slaan
- Espanhol Europeu: golpear
- Finlandês: lyödä
- Francês: heurter
- Alemão: schlagen
- Grego: χτυπώ
- Italiano: colpire
- Japonês: 打つ
- Coreano: (...을) 때리다 충돌
- Norueguês: slå
- Polonês: uderzyć
- Português Europeu: bater
- Romeno: a lovi
- Russo: ударять
- Espanhol: golpear
- Sueco: slå smälla till
- Tailandês: ตี
- Turco: vurmak
- Ucraniano: бити
- Vietnamita: đánh
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