Hit

[hɪt]

Definition

(noun.) (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); 'he came all the way around on Williams' hit'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) the act of contacting one thing with another; 'repeated hitting raised a large bruise'; 'after three misses she finally got a hit'.

(noun.) a connection made via the internet to another website; 'WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide'.

(noun.) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; 'it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit'.

(noun.) a dose of a narcotic drug.

(verb.) hit the intended target or goal.

(verb.) consume to excess; 'hit the bottle'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) hit against; come into sudden contact with; 'The car hit a tree'; 'He struck the table with his elbow'.

(verb.) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; 'He hit her hard in the face'.

(verb.) cause to move by striking; 'hit a ball'.

(verb.) drive something violently into a location; 'he hit his fist on the table'; 'she struck her head on the low ceiling' .

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; 'He tries to hit on women in bars' .

Checked by Kenneth--From WordNet

Definition

(pron.) It.

(-) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.

(imp. & p. p.) of Hit

(v. t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To guess; to light upon or discover.

(v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

(v. i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.

(v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.

(n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

(n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.

(n.) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

(n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

(n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.

Typed by Chloe

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Strike, strike against.[2]. Attain, reach, gain, win, secure.[3]. Suit, accord with, be conformable to, be suitable to.

v. n. [1]. Clash, collide, come in contact, strike together.[2]. Succeed, be successful, be crowned with success, come off successful, carry the point, gain the point.

n. [1]. Stroke, blow, collision.[2]. Chance, venture, fortune, hazard.[3]. Happy remark, apt expression.[4]. Lucky venture.

Checked by Conan

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Strike, succeed, chance, reach, hazard, mistake, touch

ANT:Fail, mischance, err, miss

Checker: Peggy

Definition

v.t. to touch or strike: to reach: to suit: fit: conform to.—v.i. to come in contact: to chance luckily: to succeed:—pr.p. hit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. hit.—n. a lucky chance a surprising success: a stroke: a happy turn of thought or expression: at backgammon a move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point a game won after one or two men are removed from the board.—n. Hit′ter.—adj. Hit′ty-miss′y random hap-hazard.—Hit below the belt to deal a blow disallowable in the rules of the ring: to do an injury to another unfairly; Hit it off(with) to agree with some one; Hit off to imitate to describe; Hit-or-miss reckless hap-hazard; Hit out to strike out with the fist; Hit the nail on the head (see Nail); Hit upon to come upon discover.—Hard hit one gravely affected by some trouble or by love.

Typed by Clyde

Unserious Contents or Definition

A chance for first place, first base or first blood.

Checker: Millicent

Examples

Typist: Lottie

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