Meaning of 'hit'

noun

a successful swing in a baseball game

Example: "The base runner came all the way home on Williams' hit."

noun

a conspicuous success

Example: "That song was my first hit and marked the beginning of my career as a singer."

Synonyms: bang smash smasher strike

noun

the act of forcefully contacting one thing with another

Example: "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"

Synonyms: striking hitting

noun

a counting term for an internet user viewing a web page

Example: "Yesterday our website got over 500 hits!"

noun

a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

Example: "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

noun

a dose of an illicit drug

Example: "it's not a good idea to take your first hit of heroin"

verb

to pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

Example: "They tried to hit on patrons of the bar."

verb

gain points in a game

Synonyms: score tally rack up

verb

make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

Synonyms: strike

verb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonyms: shoot pip

verb

to strike the intended target or goal

Example: "I hit the goal!"

verb

consume to excess

Example: "hit the bottle"

verb

affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

Example: "We were hit by really bad weather"

Synonyms: strike

verb

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically

Synonyms: strike

verb

hit against

Synonyms: strike impinge on run into collide with

verb

deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

Example: "I hit you hard in the face."

verb

to cause to move by striking, moving it into a new location, either intended or not

Example: "I hit a ball into the backyard."

verb

reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

Example: "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"

Synonyms: reach

verb

reach a destination, either real or abstract

Example: "We hit Detroit by noon"

Synonyms: make reach gain arrive at attain

verb

to drive something violently into a location

Example: "I hit my fist on the table to get the room's attention."

Synonyms: strike

verb

cause to experience suddenly

Synonyms: strike come to

verb

encounter by chance

Synonyms: stumble

verb

kill intentionally and with premeditation

Synonyms: dispatch murder off remove polish off slay bump off