hit, hitting, striking
(noun) the act of contacting one thing with another; ârepeated hitting raised a large bruiseâ; âafter three misses she finally got a hitâ
score, hit, tally, rack up
(verb) gain points in a game; âThe home team scored many timesâ; âHe hit a home runâ; âHe hit .300 in the past seasonâ
strike, hit
(verb) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; âThe Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939â; âWe must strike the enemyâs oil fieldsâ; âin the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2â
shoot, hit, pip
(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon
hit
(verb) hit the intended target or goal
hit, strike
(verb) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; âWe were hit by really bad weatherâ; âHe was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenagerâ; âThe earthquake struck at midnightâ
strike, hit
(verb) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments; âThe pianist strikes a middle Câ; âstrike âzâ on the keyboardâ
hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
(verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with; âThe car hit a treeâ; âHe struck the table with his elbowâ
hit
(verb) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; âHe hit her hard in the faceâ
hit
(verb) cause to move by striking; âhit a ballâ
reach, hit, attain
(verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; âThe thermometer hit 100 degreesâ; âThis car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hourâ
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract; âWe hit Detroit by noonâ; âThe water reached the doorstepâ; âWe barely made it to the finish lineâ; âI have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend startsâ
hit, strike
(verb) drive something violently into a location; âhe hit his fist on the tableâ; âshe struck her head on the low ceilingâ
hit, strike, come to
(verb) cause to experience suddenly; âPanic struck meâ; âAn interesting idea hit herâ; âA thought came to meâ; âThe thought struck terror in our mindsâ; âThey were struck with fearâ
murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; âThe mafia boss ordered his enemies murderedâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hitting (plural hittings)
A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
The skill of hitting.
hitting
present participle of hit
• tithing
Source: Wiktionary
Hit, pron.
Definition: It. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hit,
Definition: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.] Etym: [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. Shak.
2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit. Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. Locke. There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. Dryden. Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. Milton. He scarcely hit my humor. Tennyson.
3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it." Shak.
4. (Backgammon)
Definition: To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point. To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple.
– To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.
Hit, v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on. If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another Locke. Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them. Woodward.
2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck. And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. Shak. And millions miss for one that hits. Swift. To hit on or upon, to light upon; to come to by chance. "None of them hit upon the art." Addison.
Hit, n.
1. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed. Dryden.
2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit. What late he called a blessing, now was wit, And God's good providence, a lucky hit. Pope.
3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
5. (Baseball)
Definition: A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit. Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.
Hit adj.
Definition: having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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