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hit /hɪt /verb (hits, hitting, hit) [with object]1Bring one’s hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully: Marius hit him in the mouth [no object]: police hit out with truncheons...- The feel of his boot hitting my side brought pain.
- She let her gaze rest on the slipper for a moment, then brought it forward and hit it on her head.
- And if you encounter any Mizaya, remember that the only way you can kill them with your weapons is by hitting them in the eyes.
Synonyms strike, slap, smack, cuff, punch, beat, thrash, thump, batter, belabour, drub, hook, pound, smash, slam, welt, pummel, hammer, bang, knock, swat, whip, flog, cane, sucker-punch, rain blows on, give someone a (good) beating/drubbing, box someone's ears informal whack, wallop, bash, biff, bop, clout, clip, clobber, sock, swipe, crown, lick, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a (good) hiding, belt, tan, lay one on, lay into, pitch into, lace into, let someone have it, knock into the middle of next week, lam, whomp, deck, floor British informal stick one on, dot, slosh, twat, welly North American informal slug, boff, bust, whale Australian/New Zealand informal dong, quilt, king-hit literary smite, swinge dated baste, buffet, birch 1.1Accidentally strike (part of one’s body) against something, often causing injury: she fainted and hit her head on the metal bedstead...- Trinity gasped as she sat up, her side hurt from hitting herself in her sleep.
- I managed to swerve and avoid hitting them but I grazed the bicycle and we all fell.
- It was so dark out in the halls that he did not see the door and wound up hitting his head against it.
1.2(Of a moving object or body) come into contact with (someone or something stationary) quickly and forcefully: a car hit the barrier...- It is believed he was hit by a car and fell backwards, suffering serious head injuries which led to his death 10 days later.
- The sound of a toolbox hitting the ground brought her head back around.
- The feel of his arm around me as he made sure my feet hit the ground brought me back to a time I missed.
Synonyms crash into, run into, bang into, smash into, smack into, knock into, bump into, cannon into, plough into, collide with, meet head-on; North American impact North American informal barrel into 1.3 informal Touch or press (part of a machine or other device) in order to work it: he picked up the phone and hit several buttons...- Thank you to everyone who hit the Laptop Fund Paypal button in the past two weeks.
- He pulled out two dollars and put it in the machine before hitting the Mountain Dew button.
- He hit the gate control button and the gate lifted, allowing for the van to pass through.
2Cause harm or distress to: the area has been badly hit by pit closures it hit him very hard when Rosie left...- I believe the charging regime is hitting local York businesses hard, and have never seen Micklegate so quiet as it has been in recent weeks.
- News that the property was to be demolished and redeveloped came as a relief to businesses which had been hit by the closure.
- Clearly, the downward turn in the business cycle is hitting Germany hard.
Synonyms affect badly, devastate, damage, harm, hurt, ruin, leave a mark on, have a negative effect on, have a negative impact on, do harm to, impinge on; upset, shatter, crush, shock, overwhelm, traumatize, touch, make suffer informal knock back, knock for six, knock sideways, knock the stuffing out of 2.1(Of a disaster) occur in and cause damage to (an area) suddenly: the country was hit by a major earthquake...- The next stop was Seenigama, a small fishing village that was severely hit by the disaster.
- But on the afternoon of their Edinburgh debut, their show was hit by disaster.
- What's the pattern of response from government, when disaster hits?
2.2 [no object] Make a strongly worded criticism or attack: he hit out at the club’s decision to place him on the transfer list...- Police in Swindon have hit back at criticism over rising burglary rates.
- However, staff have hit back at the criticism saying the pub's business was being affected.
- Traffic chiefs have hit back at criticism that they are using speed cameras to make money, rather than save lives.
Synonyms retaliate against, respond to, reply to, react to, strike back at, counter, defend oneself against rare controvert criticize, attack, denounce, lash out at, rant at, inveigh against, rail against, fulminate against, run down, find fault with; condemn, censure, harangue, berate, upbraid, castigate, vilify, malign, assail, lambaste informal knock, slam, hammer, blast, lay into, pitch into, lace into, bawl out, bad-mouth, tear someone off a strip, give someone hell, give someone a roasting British informal slate, slag off, monster, have a go at, rubbish North American informal pummel, cut up Australian/New Zealand informal bag dated rate, reprobate rare vituperate, excoriate, arraign, objurgate, asperse, anathematize, animadvert on, denunciate 2.3 informal, chiefly North American Attack and rob or kill: if they’re cops, maybe it’s not a good idea to have them hit...- Computer thieves hit Mesh Computers last night and swiped its office admin PCs.
3(Of a missile or a person aiming one) strike (a target): the sniper fired and hit a third man...- Mr Sykes, 52, an epileptic, was nearly hit by the missiles and later suffered a minor fit he blames on the attack.
- It had not been hit by a missile either, nor had there been an onboard fire.
- The missiles hit the target with a force the size of the planet they were orbiting.
3.1Be suddenly and vividly realized by: [with object and clause]: it hit her that I wanted to settle down here...- Suddenly the realization hits Jake like a ton of bricks - his old nemesis is back to settle one final score.
- The realization suddenly hit Sahara like a train crashing through a farm house.
- Realization hit Alsan like a blow as the brigand walked over to the twins' open coffin.
Synonyms occur to, strike, dawn on, come to; enter one's head, enter one's mind, cross one's mind, come to mind, spring to mind, flash across one's mind, come into one's consciousness 4 informal Reach (a particular level, point, or figure): capital spending this year is likely to hit $1,800 million his career hit rock bottom...- Zimbabwe faces its fourth straight year of falling growth, while inflation is likely to hit triple figures.
- The advent of the free Metro newspapers in the main cities is likely to hit these figures even more.
- Consumer optimism continues to rise, hitting its highest level since November 2001.
Synonyms reach, attain, touch, arrive at, get to, rise to, climb to; achieve, accomplish, gain, secure 4.1Be affected by (an unfortunate and unexpected circumstance or event): the opening of the town centre hit a snag...- A group were handing out leaflets at the weekend in part of Oldham, hit by recent race riots, when police moved in.
- The management committee at the St Michael's Centre is understood to have been hit by a massive rent increase.
- Others report that some of BT's websites have also been hit by the snag.
4.2Arrive at or go to (a place): it was still night when we hit the outskirts of London...- On Wednesday it's East London's turn and on Thursday the show hits Port Elizabeth.
- However, he was slightly upstaged by the huge cheer that greeted the first shaft of sunlight to hit Centre Court.
- The McDonald's travelling caravan hits Montreal this Friday night at the Maurice Richard arena.
4.3(Of a product) become available and make an impact on: the latest board game to hit the market...- The first revenue from Samba sales began rolling in last month, even before the product hits UK shelves.
- And the Bill Clinton autobiography hits stores this week.
4.4 [no object] Take effect: we sat waiting for the caffeine to hit...- He is finding it more and more difficult to walk as the effects of kidney failure hit.
- Well, that triple dose of antihistamines really hit me on the way home from work last night.
- I said slowly as I began to feel the first drink hitting me.
4.5Give (someone) a dose of a drug or an alcoholic drink.He might spot them in time to hit me with another dose of the sedative and then I'd be in deep, deep trouble. 4.6Used to convey that someone is engaging in a particular pursuit or activity with enthusiasm: we went to Val d’Isère to hit the shops...- So after a late lunch at Belgo's, with Ken coming along for a drink, we finally hit Borders.
- They were hitting this store as quickly as they could to look for those items that they saw advertised.
- She, Elaina and Lauren had stayed out all night, hitting all the parties on the campus.
5Propel (a ball) with a bat, racket, stick, etc. to score runs or points in a game.Under pressure to hit it quickly, the midfielder boomed his shot high over the crossbar....- But Kitna quieted them quickly, hitting his first two passes for 25 yards.
- Mealey has a knack for hitting the hole quickly and bouncing off defenders.
5.1Score (a run or point) by hitting a ball with a bat, racket, stick, etc. he had hit 25 home runs...- Most nights, Kent would decline to shake hands when returning to the dugout after scoring a run or hitting a home run.
- Peter Allen hits a home run off of Carol Channing, scoring two runs.
- So, if you hit a home run you get one because you have scored.
noun1An instance of striking or being struck: few structures can withstand a hit from a speeding car...- He looked up, familiarity striking him like a hit to the head with a blunt object.
- Instead of a quick hit or slap, we now saw and heard a sustained series of blows.
- I'd felt several different hits when the horse knocked me down but hadn't really assessed the damage yet.
Synonyms blow, thump, punch, knock, bang, thwack, box, cuff, slap, smack, spank, tap, crack, stroke, welt; impact, collision, bump, crash informal whack, wallop, bash, belt, biff, clout, sock, swipe, clip, clobber British informal slosh North American informal boff, bust, slug, whale Australian/New Zealand dong dated buffet 1.1A verbal attack: I think people will try to take a hit at my credibilitySynonyms jibe, taunt, jeer, sneer, barb, cutting remark, barbed remark, attack, insult informal dig, put-down, crack, wisecrack 1.2 informal, chiefly North American A murder, typically one planned and carried out by a criminal organization: some of the killings were contract hits...- He had been offered $50,000 to carry out the hit, and was jailed for life for the contract killing.
- Mr Hale claims he has also received underworld information which points to the murder being a professional hit.
- There was no secret as to the identity of the organisation that carried out the hits or its demands.
1.3 Baseball short for base hit.In game two, pitcher Alisha Seifert '05 scattered three hits leading to the complete-game shutout of the Knights....- He threw only 21 of 42 pitches for strikes, allowed three hits and walked three.
- Greinke, who allowed just four hits and struck out five, left with a 1-lead.
2An instance of striking the target aimed at: one of the bombers had scored a direct hit...- Results were impressive with the longest bomb only 50 ft away from the target and many direct hits.
- Two of the targets received direct hits from above, while the rest were sprayed by numerous fragments.
- The Gardai have scored some direct hits against the dealers in recent weeks.
2.1 Computing An instance of identifying an item of data which matches the requirements of a search.One of the articles gives the botanical name of St. John's wort; she searches on that term; this search results in eight hits....- Also, there appears to be a strange priorization thing going on with hits during a search.
- And there are fewer than a hundred hits when searching for anything in the field.
2.2 Computing An instance of a particular website being accessed by a user: the site gets an average 350,000 hits a day...- The Napster case must have increased the music service's hit rate.
- A few accolades for a well written, yet vitriolic post, a few extra hits, a few more readers.
- In fact, the contract with the advertiser may specify that payment is by results, measured by hits or clickthroughs.
3A successful venture, especially a film, pop record, or song: he was the director of many big hits [as modifier]: a hit album...- He is the man behind some of the biggest hits in the Malayalam film industry.
- This was followed, in the 1940s, by a succession of cartoon film hits: Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi.
- So if I win for a role, and if the film is a big hit, I can share it with everybody.
Synonyms success, box-office success, sell-out, winner, triumph, sensation; bestseller; French tour de force informal knockout, crowd-puller, smash, smash hit, smasher, cracker, wow, biggie 3.1 informal A successful and popular person or thing: he’s proving to be a big hit with the fans...- Not all your designs have been immediate hits.
- Immediate hits with both travelers and the industry, Web fares weren't even part of the airlines' original plan.
- Despite the aerodynamic challenges, the car ran very fast and was a big hit with the fans.
4 informal A dose of a narcotic drug: in another hour, I’ll need another hit...- One night he took a bong hit of a dried plant, and it nearly killed him.
- This can whack up the crime rate big time as people steel and commit offences to pay for the next hit.
- But if we start to legalese soft drugs then people will move onto a bigger hit and we will have a more violent society.
Phraseshit-and-miss hit someone below the belt hit the bottle hit someone for six hit the ground running hit the hay hit home hit it off hit the jackpot hit the mark hit the nail on the head hit-or-miss hit the right note hit the road (or trail) hit the roof hit the sack hit the spot hit wicket make a hit Phrasal verbsOriginLate Old English hittan (in the sense 'come upon, find'), from Old Norse hitta 'come upon, meet with', of unknown origin. The earliest sense of hit, in the Old English period, was ‘to come upon, meet with, find’. Popular successes, first of all plays, and then songs, have been called hits since the beginning of the 19th century. In the 1990s the phrase to hit the ground running became something of a cliché. It seems to refer to soldiers disembarking rapidly from a helicopter, though no one has been able to trace it back to any particular conflict. Marksmanship and shooting are behind a number of phrases, including to hit the mark, ‘to be successful in an attempt or accurate in a guess’ and hit-and-miss ‘done or occurring at random’, which is more understandable in its earlier form hit-or-miss (early 17th century).
Rhymesacquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit |