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H0220100 (hĭt)v. hit, hit·ting, hits v.tr.1. To come into contact with forcefully; strike: The car hit the guardrail.2. a. To cause to come into contact: She hit her hand against the wall.b. To deal a blow to: He hit the punching bag.c. To cause an implement or missile to come forcefully into contact with: hit the nail with a hammer.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: couldn't 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: can't 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 hasn't 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. Computers 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 company's website gets about 250,000 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 romantic attention to: can't 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. hit the wall1. To become suddenly and extremely fatigued, especially when participating in an endurance sport, such as running.2. To lose effectiveness suddenly or come to an end: The stock rally hit the wall when interest rates rose.

[Middle English hitten, from Old English hyttan, from Old Norse hitta.]

hit′less adj.hit′ta·ble adj.

hit

(hɪt) vb (mainly tr) , hits, hitting or hit1. (also intr) to deal (a blow or stroke) to (a person or thing); strike: the man hit the child. 2. to come into violent contact with: the car hit the tree. 3. to reach or strike with a missile, thrown object, etc: to hit a target. 4. to make or cause to make forceful contact; knock or bump: I hit my arm on the table. 5. to propel or cause to move by striking: to hit a ball. 6. (Cricket) cricket to score (runs)7. to affect (a person, place, or thing) suddenly or adversely: his illness hit his wife very hard. 8. to become suddenly apparent to (a person): the reason for his behaviour hit me and made the whole episode clear. 9. to achieve or reach: to hit the jackpot; unemployment hit a new high. 10. to experience or encounter: I've hit a slight snag here. 11. slang to murder (a rival criminal) in fulfilment of an underworld contract or vendetta12. to accord or suit (esp in the phrase hit one's fancy)13. to guess correctly or find out by accident: you have hit the answer. 14. informal to set out on (a road, path, etc): let's hit the road. 15. informal to arrive or appear in: he will hit town tomorrow night. 16. informal chiefly US and Canadian to demand or request from: he hit me for a pound. 17. slang to drink an excessive amount of (alcohol): to hit the bottle. 18. (Music, other) hit it music slang start playing19. hit skins slang US to have sexual intercourse20. hit the sack hit the hay slang to go to bed21. not know what has hit one to be completely taken by surprisen22. an impact or collision23. a shot, blow, etc, that reaches its object24. an apt, witty, or telling remark25. informal a. a person or thing that gains wide appeal: she's a hit with everyone. b. (as modifier): a hit record. 26. informal a stroke of luck27. slang a. a murder carried out as the result of an underworld vendetta or rivalryb. (as modifier): a hit squad. 28. slang a drag on a cigarette, a swig from a bottle, a line of a drug, or an injection of heroin29. (Computer Science) computing a single visit to a website30. make a hit with score a hit with informal to make a favourable impression on[Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta]

hit

(hɪt)

v. hit, hit•ting,
n. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 2. to come against with an impact: The wheel hit the curb. 3. to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the arrow hit the target? 4. Baseball. a. to make (a base hit). b. bat ¹ (def. 10). 5. to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green. 6. to affect severely: to be hit hard by inflation. 7. to request or demand of: He hit me for a loan. 8. to reach or attain (a specified level or amount): Prices hit a new high. 9. to be appear in: The story hit the front page. 10. to land on or arrive in: The troops hit the beach at dawn. 11. to give (someone) another playing card, drink, portion, etc. 12. to come or light upon; meet with; find: to hit the right answer. 13. to succeed in representing or producing exactly: to hit the right tone. 14. Informal. to begin to travel on: Let's hit the road. v.i. 15. to strike with a missile, a weapon, or the like; deal a blow or blows. 16. to come into collision (often fol. by against, on, or upon). 17. (of an internal-combustion engine) to ignite a mixture of air and fuel as intended. 18. to come or light (usu. fol. by upon or on ): to hit on a new way. 19. hit off, a. to represent or describe precisely or aptly. b. to imitate, esp. in order to satirize. 20. hit on, Slang. to make persistent sexual advances to. 21. hit out, a. to deal a blow aimlessly. b. to make a violent verbal attack: to hit out angrily at one's critics. 22. hit up, Slang. a. to ask to borrow money from. b. to inject a narcotic drug into a vein. n. 23. an impact or collision, as of one thing against another. 24. a stroke that reaches an object; blow. 25. a stroke of satire, censure, etc. 26. base hit. 27. Backgammon. a. a game won by a player after the opponent has thrown off one or more men from the board. b. any winning game. 28. a successful stroke, performance, or production; success: The play is a hit. 29. Slang. a dose of a narcotic drug. 30. a. Computers. (in information retrieval) an instance of successfully locating an item of data in the memory bank of a computer. b. an instance of accessing a Web site. 31. Slang. a murder, esp. one carried out by criminal prearrangement. Idioms: 1. hit it off, to be immediately compatible; get along. 2. hit or miss, without concern for correctness or detail; haphazardly. 3. hit the books, Slang. to study hard. 4. hit the ceiling or roof, Informal. to lose one's temper; become enraged. 5. hit the hay or sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep. 6. hit the nail on the head, to say or do exactly the right thing. 7. hit the road, Informal. to begin or resume traveling. [before 1100; Middle English; late Old English hittan, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hitta to come upon (by chance), meet with] hit′ter, n. syn: See beat.

hit

To hit someone or something means to touch them quickly with a lot of force. The past tense and past participle of 'hit' is hit, not 'hitted'.

He hit the burglar with a candlestick.The truck had hit a wall.

hit

Past participle: hit
Gerund: hitting

Imperative
hit
hit

Present
I hit
you hit
he/she/it hits
we hit
you hit
they hit

Preterite
I hit
you hit
he/she/it hit
we hit
you hit
they hit

Present Continuous
I am hitting
you are hitting
he/she/it is hitting
we are hitting
you are hitting
they are hitting

Present Perfect
I have hit
you have hit
he/she/it has hit
we have hit
you have hit
they have hit

Past Continuous
I was hitting
you were hitting
he/she/it was hitting
we were hitting
you were hitting
they were hitting

Past Perfect
I had hit
you had hit
he/she/it had hit
we had hit
you had hit
they had hit

Future
I will hit
you will hit
he/she/it will hit
we will hit
you will hit
they will hit

Future Perfect
I will have hit
you will have hit
he/she/it will have hit
we will have hit
you will have hit
they will have hit

Future Continuous
I will be hitting
you will be hitting
he/she/it will be hitting
we will be hitting
you will be hitting
they will be hitting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hitting
you have been hitting
he/she/it has been hitting
we have been hitting
you have been hitting
they have been hitting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hitting
you will have been hitting
he/she/it will have been hitting
we will have been hitting
you will have been hitting
they will have been hitting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hitting
you had been hitting
he/she/it had been hitting
we had been hitting
you had been hitting
they had been hitting

Conditional
I would hit
you would hit
he/she/it would hit
we would hit
you would hit
they would hit

Past Conditional
I would have hit
you would have hit
he/she/it would have hit
we would have hit
you would have hit
they would have hit

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hit - (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"exploit, feat, effort - a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"base hit, safety - (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safelybaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
	2.	hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"hitting, strikingtouching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"contusion - the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion"crash, smash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"bunt - (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the batfly ball, fly - (baseball) a hit that flies up in the airground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper - (baseball) a hit that travels along the groundheader - (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your headscorcher, screamer - a very hard hit ballplunker, plunk - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
	3.	hit - 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"smasher, bang, smash, strikesuccess - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"megahit, smash hit, blockbuster - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)sleeper - an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
	4.	hit - (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"collisionnatural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"impinging, striking, contact - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
	5.	hit - a dose of a narcotic drugdose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
	6.	hit - a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
	7.	hit - a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
Verb	1.	hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"play - shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night"foul - hit a foul ballcannon - make a cannonclap - strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; "clap two boards together"ground out - make an out by hitting the ball on the groundtoe - drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the clubshank - hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong directionpitch - hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspinfly - hit a flysnap - put in play with a snap; "snap a football"whang - propel or hit with force; "whang the ball"undercut - strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shotputt - strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter; "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"heel - strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"toe - hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the clubbunker - hit a golf ball into a bunkerbounce - hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"backhand - hit a tennis ball backhandpop - hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop"follow through - carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ballshell - hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"ground - hit onto the groundground - hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"top - strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spinpull - hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"kill - hit with great force; "He killed the ball"kill - hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball"connect - hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run"drive - hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball"drive - strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball"hole, hole out - hit the ball into the holebunt, drag a bunt - hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distancesnick - hit a glancing blow with the edge of the batracket - hit (a ball) with a racketdribble, carry - propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"slice - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different directionhook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the leftsingle - hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"double - hit a two-base hittriple - hit a three-base hitpropel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"smash - hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead strokeshoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"volley - hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"croquet - drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"loft - kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
	2.	hit - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"collide with, impinge on, run into, strikestub - strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"ping - hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"spang, bang - leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"rear-end - collide with the rear end of; "The car rear-ended me"broadside - collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"connect - land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out"spat - strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"thud - strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"bottom - strike the ground, as with a ship's bottombottom out - hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"bump, knock - knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"bump into, jar against, knock against, run into, butt against - collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"clash, collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"glance - hit at an anglemiss - fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
	3.	hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"clap - strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greetingbang, slam - strike violently; "slam the ball"lace into, lam into, lay into, pitch into, tear into - hit violently, as in an attackkick - strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"swipe - strike with a swiping motionsmite - inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weaponhook - hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"swat - hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"bash, sock, whap, whop, bonk, bop - hit hardbean - hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseballpop - hit or strike; "He popped me on the head"catch, get - reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"conk - hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted"cosh - hit with a cosh, usually on the headbrain - hit on the headsmash, blast, boom, nail - hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"crack - hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"stun, sandbag - hit something or somebody as if with a sandbagbat - strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"bat - use a bat; "Who's batting?"bat - have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"cut - hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction; "cut a Ping-Pong ball"pound, thump, poke - hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"smack, thwack - deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"belt - deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent"punch, plug - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"slug, swig, slog - strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"wallop, whack, wham, whop - hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"biff, pommel, pummel - strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"buff, buffet - strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"box - hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"bludgeon, club - strike with a club or a bludgeoncudgel, fustigate - strike with a cudgel
	4.	hit - 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"arrive at, reach, attain, gain, makecatch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"surmount, scale - reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"get at, access - reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"bottom out - reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"summit, breast - reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"top - reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane"find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial bodycome through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"run aground, ground - hit or reach the ground
	5.	hit - 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"strikeaffect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"strike, hit - 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"
	6.	hit - hit with a missile from a weaponshoot, pipinjure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm tostrike, hit - 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"shoot, blast - fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away"gun down - strike down or shoot downgrass - shoot down, of birdskneecap - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist"pip, shoot - kill by firing a missile
	7.	hit - encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"stumblecome into, come by - obtain, especially accidentally
	8.	hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"rack up, score, tallypar - make a score (on a hole) equal to parshoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"convert - score (a spare)convert - complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"convert - score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won"homer - hit a home rungain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"kick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown"eagle - shoot in two strokes under parhole up - score a hole in oneace - score an ace against; "He aced his opponents"walk - obtain a base on ballsequalise, equalize, get even - compensate; make the score equalget, have, make - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
	9.	hit - 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"come to, strikeimpress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
	10.	hit - 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"strikeattack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"slice - hit a ball so that it causes a backspinchop - hit sharplystroke - strike a ball with a smooth blowshoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weaponstrike back, retaliate - make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"hit, strike - 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"
	11.	hit - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"murder, off, bump off, slay, polish off, dispatch, removekill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"burke - murder without leaving a trace on the bodyexecute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
	12.	hit - drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"strikemove, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"smash - hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
	13.	hit - 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"attain, reacharrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"max out - reach a maximum; "I maxed out on all my credit cards"break even - attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport
	14.	hit - produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"striketouch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
	15.	hit - consume to excess; "hit the bottle"ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
	16.	hit - hit the intended target or goalbring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
	17.	hit - pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"approach - make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

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verb1. strike, beat, knock, punch, belt (informal), deck (slang), bang, batter, clip (informal), slap, bash (informal), sock (slang), chin (slang), smack, thump, clout (informal), cuff, flog, whack, clobber (slang), smite (archaic), wallop (informal), swat, lay one on (slang) She hit him hard across his left arm.2. collide with, run into, bump into, clash with, smash into, crash against, bang into, meet head-on The car hit a traffic sign before skidding out of control.3. affect, damage, harm, ruin, devastate, overwhelm, touch, impact on, impinge on, leave a mark on, make an impact or impression on The big cities have been hit by a wave of panic-buying. the earthquake which hit northern Peru4. strike, come to, occur to, dawn on, enter your head It hit me that I had a choice.5. reach, strike, gain, achieve, secure, arrive at, accomplish, attain Oil prices hit record levels yesterday.noun1. shot, blow, impact, collision The house took a direct hit then the rocket exploded.2. blow, knock, stroke, belt (informal), rap, slap, bump, smack, clout (informal), cuff, swipe (informal), wallop (informal) a hit on the head3. success, winner, triumph, smash (informal), sensation, sellout, smasheroo (informal) The song became a massive hit in 1945.hit back retaliate, strike back, take revenge, reciprocate, even the score, get your own back (informal), wreak vengeance, exact retribution, give as good as you get (informal), take an eye for an eye, make reprisal, give tit for tat, return like for like They hit back by offering a strong statement denying any involvement.hit back at someone pay someone back, get back at, take revenge on, get even with (informal), give someone a taste of his or her own medicine The President hit back at his detractors.hit it off (Informal) get on (well) with, take to, click (slang), warm to, be on good terms, get on like a house on fire (informal) How well did you hit it off with one another?hit on or upon something think up, discover, arrive at, guess, realize, invent, come upon, stumble on, chance upon, light upon, strike upon We finally hit on a solution.hit on someone (Informal) make a pass at, make an indecent proposal to, make an improper suggestion to She was hitting on me and I was surprised and flattered.hit out at something or someone attack, condemn, denounce, lash out, castigate, rail against, assail, inveigh against, strike out at The President hit out at what he sees as foreign interference.

hit

verb1. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:bash, catch, clout, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.Slang: belt, conk, paste.Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.2. To enter a person's mind:occur, strike.Idiom: cross one's mind.3. Informal. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly:catch, hit on (or upon), surprise, take.phrasal verb
hit backTo return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one:counter, reciprocate, retaliate, retort, strike back.phrasal verb
hit on or upon
1. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly:catch, surprise, take.Informal: hit.2. Informal. To reach (a goal or objective):arrive at, attain, come to, gain, get to.noun1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:bang, blow, clout, crack, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop.Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop.Slang: belt, conk, paste.2. A dazzling, often sudden instance of success:sleeper.Informal: smash, smash hit, ten-strike, wow.Slang: boff, boffo, boffola.3. Slang. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette:drag, draw, puff, pull.4. Slang. The crime of murdering someone:blood, homicide, killing, murder.

Translations

打击找到轰动一时的事或人达到使遭受

hit

(hit) – present participle ˈhitting: past tense, past participle hit – verb1. to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with. The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard! 打，打击 2. to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction. The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).击中3. to cause to suffer. The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard. 打击，使遭受 4. to find; to succeed in reaching. His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now. 达到，找到 noun1. the act of hitting. That was a good hit.打击2. a point scored by hitting a target etc. He scored five hits.得分3. something which is popular or successful. The play/record is a hit; (also adjective) a hit song.轰动一时的事或人ˌhit-and-ˈrun adjective1. (of a driver) causing injury to a person and driving away without stopping or reporting the accident. 闯了祸逃走的2. (of an accident) caused by such a driver. （车祸）司机肇事后即逃走的 ˌhit-or-ˈmiss adjective without any system or planning; careless. hit-or-miss methods. 无计划的，无目的的，遇事现打主意的 hit back to hit (someone by whom one has been hit). He hit me, so I hit him back.还击hit below the belt to hit in an unfair way. 暗箭伤人hit it off to become friendly. We hit it off as soon as we met; I hit it off with him.相处得好hit on to find (an answer etc). We've hit on the solution at last.找到hit out (often with againstor at) to attempt to hit. The injured man hit out blindly at his attackers. 猛打，击中，打击 make a hit with to make oneself liked or approved of by. That young man has made a hit with your daughter. 博得好评（使受欢迎）

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Synonyms for hit

verb strike

Synonyms

strike
beat
knock
punch
belt
deck
bang
batter
clip
slap
bash
sock
chin
smack
thump
clout
cuff
flog
whack
clobber
smite
wallop
swat
lay one on

verb collide with

Synonyms

collide with
run into
bump into
clash with
smash into
crash against
bang into
meet head-on

verb affect

Synonyms

affect
damage
harm
ruin
devastate
overwhelm
touch
impact on
impinge on
leave a mark on
make an impact or impression on

verb strike

Synonyms

strike
come to
occur to
dawn on
enter your head

verb reach

Synonyms

reach
strike
gain
achieve
secure
arrive at
accomplish
attain

noun shot

Synonyms

shot
blow
impact
collision

noun blow

Synonyms

blow
knock
stroke
belt
rap
slap
bump
smack
clout
cuff
swipe
wallop

noun success

Synonyms

success
winner
triumph
smash
sensation
sellout
smasheroo

phrase hit back

Synonyms

retaliate
strike back
take revenge
reciprocate
even the score
get your own back
wreak vengeance
exact retribution
give as good as you get
take an eye for an eye
make reprisal
give tit for tat
return like for like

phrase hit back at someone

Synonyms

pay someone back
get back at
take revenge on
get even with
give someone a taste of his or her own medicine

phrase hit it off

Synonyms

get on (well) with
take to
click
warm to
be on good terms
get on like a house on fire

phrase hit on or upon something

Synonyms

think up
discover
arrive at
guess
realize
invent
come upon
stumble on
chance upon
light upon
strike upon

phrase hit on someone

Synonyms

make a pass at
make an indecent proposal to
make an improper suggestion to

phrase hit out at something or someone

Synonyms

attack
condemn
denounce
lash out
castigate
rail against
assail
inveigh against
strike out at

Synonyms for hit

verb to deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply

Synonyms

bash
catch
clout
knock
pop
slam
slog
slug
smash
smite
sock
strike
swat
thwack
whack
wham
whop
biff
bop
clip
wallop
belt
conk
paste

verb to enter a person's mind

Synonyms

occur
strike

verb to come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly

Synonyms

catch
hit on
surprise
take

phrase hit back: to return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one

Synonyms

counter
reciprocate
retaliate
retort
strike back

phrase hit on: to come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly

Synonyms

catch
surprise
take
hit

phrase hit on: to reach (a goal or objective)

Synonyms

arrive at
attain
come to
gain
get to

noun a sudden sharp, powerful stroke

Synonyms

bang
blow
clout
crack
lick
pound
slug
sock
swat
thwack
welt
whack
wham
whop
bash
biff
bop
clip
wallop
belt
conk
paste

noun a dazzling, often sudden instance of success

Synonyms

sleeper
smash
smash hit
ten-strike
wow
boff
boffo
boffola

noun an inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette

Synonyms

drag
draw
puff
pull

noun the crime of murdering someone

Synonyms

blood
homicide
killing
murder

Synonyms for hit

noun (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

Related Words

exploit
feat
effort
base hit
safety
baseball
baseball game

noun the act of contacting one thing with another

Synonyms

hitting
striking

Related Words

touching
touch
contusion
crash
smash
bunt
fly ball
fly
ground ball
groundball
grounder
hopper
header
scorcher
screamer
plunker
plunk

noun a conspicuous success

Synonyms

smasher
bang
smash
strike

Related Words

success
megahit
smash hit
blockbuster
sleeper

noun (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

Synonyms

collision

Related Words

natural philosophy
physics
impinging
striking
contact

noun a dose of a narcotic drug

Related Words

dose
dosage

noun a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

Related Words

murder
slaying
execution

noun a connection made via the internet to another website

Related Words

joining
connexion
connection

verb cause to move by striking

Related Words

play
foul
cannon
clap
ground out
toe
shank
pitch
fly
snap
whang
undercut
putt
heel
bunker
bounce
backhand
pop
follow through
shell
ground
top
pull
kill
connect
drive
hole
hole out
bunt
drag a bunt
snick
racket
dribble
carry
slice
hook
single
double
triple
propel
impel
smash
shoot
volley
croquet
loft

verb hit against

Synonyms

collide with
impinge on
run into
strike

Related Words

stub
touch
ping
spang
bang
rear-end
broadside
connect
spat
thud
bottom
bottom out
bump
knock
bump into
jar against
knock against
run into
butt against
strike
clash
collide
glance

Antonyms

miss

verb deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

Related Words

touch
clap
bang
slam
lace into
lam into
lay into
pitch into
tear into
kick
swipe
smite
hook
swat
bash
sock
whap
whop
bonk
bop
bean
pop
catch
get
conk
cosh
brain
smash
blast
boom
nail
crack
stun
sandbag
bat
cut
pound
thump
poke
smack
thwack
belt
punch
plug
slug
swig
slog
wallop
whack
wham
biff
pommel
pummel
buff
buffet
box
bludgeon
club
cudgel
fustigate

verb reach a destination, either real or abstract

Synonyms

arrive at
reach
attain
gain
make

Related Words

catch up
surmount
scale
get at
access
bottom out
peak
top out
summit
breast
top
make
find
culminate
come through
get through
run aground
ground

verb affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

Synonyms

strike

Related Words

affect
bear upon
impact
bear on
touch on
touch
strike
hit

verb hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonyms

shoot
pip

Related Words

injure
wound
strike
hit
shoot
blast
gun down
grass
kneecap
pip

verb encounter by chance

Synonyms

stumble

Related Words

come into
come by

verb gain points in a game

Synonyms

rack up
score
tally

Related Words

par
shoot
convert
homer
gain ground
get ahead
make headway
pull ahead
win
gain
advance
kick
eagle
hole up
ace
walk
equalise
equalize
get even
get
have
make

verb cause to experience suddenly

Synonyms

come to
strike

Related Words

impress
strike
affect
move

verb make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

Synonyms

strike

Related Words

attack
assail
slice
chop
stroke
shoot
pip
hit
strike back
retaliate
strike

verb kill intentionally and with premeditation

Synonyms

murder
off
bump off
slay
polish off
dispatch
remove

Related Words

kill
burke
execute

verb drive something violently into a location

Synonyms

strike

Related Words

move
displace
smash

verb reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

Synonyms

attain
reach

Related Words

arrive
come
get
max out
break even

verb produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically

Synonyms

strike

Related Words

touch

verb consume to excess

Related Words

ingest
consume
have
take in
take

verb hit the intended target or goal

Related Words

bring home the bacon
deliver the goods
succeed
win
come through

verb pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

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verb strike

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verb collide with

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verb affect

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verb strike

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verb reach

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noun shot

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noun blow

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noun success

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phrase hit back

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phrase hit back at someone

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phrase hit it off

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phrase hit on or upon something

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phrase hit on someone

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phrase hit out at something or someone

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Synonyms for hit

verb to deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply

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verb to enter a person's mind

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verb to come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly

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phrase hit back: to return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one

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phrase hit on: to come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly

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phrase hit on: to reach (a goal or objective)

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noun a sudden sharp, powerful stroke

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noun a dazzling, often sudden instance of success

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noun an inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette

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noun the crime of murdering someone