Definition
Meaning of 'hit'
Meaning of 'hit' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Hit 
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. 2. Hit [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Hit [ imp. & p. p.]3. Hit [ 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.
- A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
- A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
- A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
4. Hit [ pron.]
- It. [ pron.]5. Hit [ 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.
6. 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.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
Meaning of 'hit' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. hit [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
Example in sentence:
- he came all the way around on Williams' hit
Meaning (2):
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
Example in sentence:
- it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
Meaning (3):
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- the act of contacting one thing with another
Example in sentence:
- after three misses she finally got a hit;
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
Meaning (4):
- a conspicuous success
- a conspicuous success
Example in sentence:
- that new Broadway show is a real smasher;
- that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career;
- the party went with a bang
Meaning (5):
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
Example in sentence:
- the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction
Meaning (6):
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a connection made via the internet to another website
Example in sentence:
- WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
2. hit [ v]
[ v]Meaning (7):
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Example in sentence:
- He hit her hard in the face
Meaning (8):
- drive something violently into a location
- drive something violently into a location
Example in sentence:
- he hit his fist on the table;
- she struck her head on the low ceiling
Meaning (9):
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
Example in sentence:
- He tries to hit on women in bars
Meaning (10):
- cause to move by striking
- cause to move by striking
Example in sentence:
- hit a ball
Meaning (11):
- encounter by chance
- encounter by chance
Example in sentence:
- I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
Meaning (12):
- cause to experience suddenly
- cause to experience suddenly
Example in sentence:
- A thought came to me;
- An interesting idea hit her;
- Panic struck me;
- The thought struck terror in our minds;
- They were struck with fear
Meaning (13):
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
Example in sentence:
- He struck the table with his elbow;
- The car hit a tree
Meaning (14):
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
Example in sentence:
- in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2;
- The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939;
- We must strike the enemy's oil fields
Meaning (15):
- gain points in a game
- gain points in a game
Example in sentence:
- He hit .300 in the past season;
- He hit a home run;
- The home team scored many times
Meaning (16):
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
Example in sentence:
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Meaning (17):
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
Example in sentence:
- strike `z' on the keyboard;
- The pianist strikes a middle C
Meaning (18):
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
Example in sentence:
- The thermometer hit 100 degrees;
- This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
Meaning (19):
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
Example in sentence:
- I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts;
- The water reached the doorstep;
- We barely made it to the finish line;
- We hit Detroit by noon
Meaning (20):
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
Example in sentence:
- He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager;
- The earthquake struck at midnight;
- We were hit by really bad weather
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