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hit  (ht)
v. hit, hit·ting, hits
v.tr.
1.
a. To come into contact with forcefully; strike: The car hit the guardrail.
b. To reach with or as if with a blow: The bullet hit the police officer in the shoulder.
2.
a. To cause to come into contact: She hit her hand against the wall.
b. To deal a blow to.
c. To strike with a missile: fired and hit the target.
3. To press or push (a key or button, for example): hit the return key by mistake.
4. Sports
a. To reach with a propelled ball or puck: hit the running back with a pass.
b. To score in this way: She hit the winning basket.
c. To perform (a shot or maneuver) successfully: couldnt hit the jump shot.
d. To propel with a stroke or blow: hit the ball onto the green.
5. Baseball
a. To execute (a base hit) successfully: hit a single.
b. To bat against (a pitcher or kind of pitch) successfully: cant hit a slider.
6.
a. To affect, especially adversely: The company was hit hard by the recession. Influenza hit the elderly the hardest.
b. To be affected by (a negative development): Their marriage hit a bad patch.
7. Informal
a. To win (a prize, for example), especially in a lottery.
b. To arise suddenly in the mind of; occur to: It finally hit him that she might be his long-lost sister.
8.
a. Informal To go to or arrive at: We hit the beach early.
b. Informal To attain or reach: Monthly sales hit a new high. She hit 40 on her last birthday.
c. To produce or represent accurately: trying to hit the right note.
9. Games To deal cards to.
10. Sports To bite on or take (bait or a lure). Used of a fish.
v.intr.
1. To strike or deal a blow.
2.
a. To come into contact with something; collide.
b. To attack: The raiders hit at dawn.
c. To happen or occur: The storm hit without warning.
3. To achieve or find something desired or sought: finally hit on the answer; hit upon a solution to the problem.
4. Baseball To bat or bat well: Their slugger hasnt been hitting lately.
5. Sports To score by shooting, especially in basketball: hit on 7 of 8 shots.
6. To ignite a mixture of air and fuel in the cylinders. Used of an internal-combustion engine.
n.
1.
a. A collision or impact.
b. A successfully executed shot, blow, thrust, or throw.
c. Sports A deliberate collision with an opponent, such as a body check in ice hockey.
2. A successful or popular venture: a Broadway hit.
3. Computer Science
a. A match of data in a search string against data that one is searching.
b. A connection made to a website over the Internet or another network: Our companys website gets about 2,000 hits daily.
4. An apt or effective remark.
5. Abbr. H Baseball A base hit.
6. Slang
a. A dose of a narcotic drug.
b. A puff of a cigarette or a pipe.
7. Slang A murder planned and carried out usually by a member of an underworld syndicate.
Phrasal Verbs:
hit on Slang
To pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to: cant go into a bar lately without being hit on.
hit up Slang
To approach and ask (someone) for something, especially for money: tried to hit me up for a loan.
Idioms:
hit it big Slang
To be successful: investors who hit it big on the stock market.
hit it off Informal
To get along well together.
hit the books Informal
To study, especially with concentrated effort.
hit the bottle/booze/sauce Slang
To engage in drinking alcoholic beverages.
hit the bricks Slang
To go on strike.
hit the fan Slang
To have serious, usually adverse consequences.
hit the ground running Informal
To begin a venture with great energy, involvement, and competence.
hit the hay/sack Slang
To go to bed: hit the hay well before midnight.
hit the high points/spots
To direct attention to the most important points or places.
hit the jackpot
To become highly and unexpectedly successful, especially to win a great deal of money.
hit the nail on the head
To be absolutely right.
hit the road Slang
To set out, as on a trip; leave.
hit the roof/ceiling Slang
To express anger, especially vehemently.
hit the spot
To give total or desired satisfaction, as food or drink.
[Middle English hitten, from Old English hyttan, from Old Norse hitta.]
hitless adj.
hitta·ble adj.


hit  /ht/  v. [T] hit, hitting, hits 9 to be hit with: to be shocked, surprised by: My father was hit with a big dental bill. 10 to hit it off: to like one another: My two friends met for the first time yesterday and hit it off. 11 phrasal v. insep. to hit on or upon s.o. or s.t.: a. slang to flirt, make a pass at s.o.: All the men at the party hit on her. b. to discover, find s.t. useful: My boss hit on a new way of making our product. 12 to hit pay dirt: to reach success, be rewarded: The salesman talked to many possible customers before he hit pay dirt with a big order. 13 to hit s.o. like a ton of bricks: to stun, (syn.) to overwhelm: His boss fired him suddenly, and it hit him like a ton of bricks. 14 phrasal v. insep. to hit s.o. up for s.t.: to ask s.o. for s.t.: My friend John hit me up for a loan that I cant really afford. 15 to hit the books: to study hard: Im going to hit the books this weekend to study for my exams. 16 to hit the bottle or sauce: to drink too much alcohol: Since his girlfriend left him, he has been really hitting the bottle. 17 infrml. to hit the brakes: To stop a car quickly: When a dog ran in front of my car, I hit the brakes. 18 to hit the bulls-eye: a. to strike a targets center b. fig. to be accurate, very good in describing s.t. or solving a problem: She hit the bulls-eye when she described him as a jerk. 19 infrml. to hit the deck (dirt, floor): to fall to the ground to avoid danger: I hit the deck when the shooting started. 20 infrml. to hit the hay or sack: to go to bed: I hit the hay early last night. 21 to hit the nail on the head: to describe s.t. accurately: You hit the nail on the head when you said that debt will destroy the economy. 22 infrml. to hit the panic button: to panic, alarm others: When sales went down, the manager hit the panic button and told all the workers to sell more. 23 infrml. to hit the road: to leave, go on a trip: The sales manager told the salespeople to hit the road and sell. 24 infrml. to hit the roof: to become mad: When sales went down, she hit the roof and started yelling at everyone. 25 to hit the spot: to satisfy well: An ice-cold drink on a hot day in August really hits the spot.
n. 1 a blow, impact: The fighter plane got a hit from enemy fire. 2 a great success: The new movie was a big hit. 3 slang a murder: One gang made a hit on the leader of another gang. 4 to score a hit: to succeed greatly: The good food and nice decorations scored a hit with our guests. 5 (in computers) a response to an Internet site by an interested person: The Heinle dictionary site receives thousands of hits a year.
adj. 1 hit-and-run: leaving the scene of an accident: I was in a hit-and-run accident where the car that hit me took off right away. 2 hit-and-miss: unreliable, (syn.) erratic: The buses never run on time here; their schedules are hit-and-miss.

Thesaurus: v. 1 (syns.) to pound, strike: He hit the nail with a hammer. He pounded the nail with a hammer. 2 (syns.) to punch, slap: The boxer hit his opponent with his right fist. The boxer punched his opponent with his right fist. 3 (syns.) to collide with, crash into: One car hit the other. One car collided with the other (or) crashed into the other. 4 (syns.) to upset badly, stun: The death of his mother hit him hard. The death of his mother upset him badly (or) stunned him. 5 (syn.) to score (points in sports): The player hit the goal for two points. The player scored a goal for two points. 6 (syn.) to strike (a target): A bullet hit the soldier in the leg. A bullet struck the soldier in the leg. 7 (syns.) to reach, attain: The stock market hit a new high. The stock market reached a new high. 8 (syn.) infrml. to kill: A gangster hit another gang member. A gangster killed another gang member. hit
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