verbWord forms: -hits, -hitting or -hit(transitive)
2.
to deliver a knockout blow to
king-hit in American English
(ˈkɪŋˌhɪt)
noun
Austral
a knockout punch
Word origin
[1920–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: audio, checkout, follow-up, fundamentalism, zipper