Meaning & Definition of Hit in English

1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

• "He came all the way around on williams' hit"

2. The act of contacting one thing with another

• "Repeated hitting raised a large bruise"

• "After three misses she finally got a hit"

3. 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"

4. (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"

5. A dose of a narcotic drug

6. A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

• "It has all the earmarks of a mafia hit"

7. A connection made via the internet to another website

• "Wordnet gets many hits from users worldwide"

1. Cause to move by striking

• "Hit a ball"

2. Hit against

• Come into sudden contact with

• "The car hit a tree"

• "He struck the table with his elbow"

3. Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

• "He hit her hard in the face"

4. 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"

5. 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"

6. Hit with a missile from a weapon

7. Encounter by chance

• "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

8. Gain points in a game

• "The home team scored many times"

• "He hit a home run"

• "He hit .300 in the past season"

9. 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"

10. 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"

11. Kill intentionally and with premeditation

• "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

12. Drive something violently into a location

• "He hit his fist on the table"

• "She struck her head on the low ceiling"

13. 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"

14. 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"

15. Consume to excess

• "Hit the bottle"

16. Hit the intended target or goal

17. Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

• "He tries to hit on women in bars"