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
- You'll hit something next time, if you look sharp. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Did you hit him? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You've hit it, ma'am: it's quite certain that it was her, and nobody but her, that set it going. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Everybody we know will be hit, one way or another. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Don't hit ME because you see I'm down. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There's a vicious point hit already, she said. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well hit, by Jove, says little Osborne, with the air of a connoisseur, clapping his man on the back. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There you hit it,' returned Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He had not yet been hit. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If the shell hits anything, then that further destruction has to be added to the diminution of consumable goods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mas'r Haley hits de thing right in de middle. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Your woman's wit hits the mark. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If _A_ hits two balls instead of one, the energy possessed by _A_ is given in part to one ball, and in part to the other, so that neither obtains the full amount. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The T'other Governor hits the nail, Lawyer Lightwood! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That's the boy, see him kick, he hits out with his fists like a good one. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Strictly speaking, not the target but hitting the target is the end in view; one takes aim by means of the target, but also by the sight on the gun. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Of Terewth, says Mr. Chadband, hitting him again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then suddenly pointing to a weather-vane on the freight depot, he pulled out a Colt revolver and fired through the window, hitting the vane. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nothing short of a knowledge of the underlying nature of phenomena can give science advantage over chan ce in hitting upon useful discoveries and inventions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- An attack by an aeroplane bomb, therefore, can readily be avoided, in view of the difficulty of hitting such an object from the upper air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hitting him on the hat, I smoke serenely, and become absorbed in contemplation of the sky. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The first insures hitting the mark; the second keeps the balance required for further action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Human life, Mr. Betteredge, is a sort of target--misfortune is always firing at it, and always hitting the mark. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And after me hitting thee in the face? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Piano playing is not hitting the keys at random. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Lottie