Definition of hit | What does hit mean?
What is the definition of the word HIT?
Here is a list of definitions for hit.
- (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
- the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a 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"
- (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"
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
- a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
What are the verbs of the word HIT?
Here is a list of definitions for hit.
- cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
- hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
- 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"
- 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"
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
- gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
- 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"
- 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"
- kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
- 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"
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"
- hit the intended target or goal
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
What are the synonyms of the word HIT?
What is another word for HIT?. Here is a list of synonyms for HIT
Words beginning with HIT?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with HIT.
- hitting
- hitters
- hitter
- hits
- hitless
- hithes
- hitherwards
- hitherward
- hitherto
- hithersides
- hitherside
- hithers
- hithermost
- hithering
- hithered
- hither
- hithe
- hitchy
- hitching
- hitchily
- hitchiest
- hitchier
- hitchhiking
- hitchhikes
- hitchhikers
- hitchhiker
- hitchhiked
- hitchhike
- hitches
- hitchers
- hitcher
- hitched
- hitch
- hit
In which dictionaries does the word hit exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes