hit meaning and definition

HIT noun

Definition of hit (noun)

1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
   • "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
2. the act of contacting one thing with another
   • "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
   • synonyms: hitting, striking
3. 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"
   • synonyms: bang, smash, smasher, strike
4. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
   • "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
   • synonyms: collision
5. a dose of a narcotic drug
6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
   • "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
7. a connection made via the internet to another website
   • "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"

HIT verb

Definition of hit (verb)

1. cause to move by striking
   • "hit a ball"
2. hit against; come into sudden contact with
   • "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
   • synonyms: collide with, impinge on, run into, strike
   • antonym: miss
3. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
   • "He hit her hard in the face"
4. reach a destination, either real or abstract
   • "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
   • synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach
5. 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"
   • synonyms: strike
6. hit with a missile from a weapon
   • synonyms: pip, shoot
7. encounter by chance
   • "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
   • synonyms: stumble
8. gain points in a game
   • "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
   • synonyms: rack up, score, tally
9. 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"
   • synonyms: come to, strike
10. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
    • "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"
    • synonyms: strike
11. kill intentionally and with premeditation
    • "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
    • synonyms: bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay
12. drive something violently into a location
    • "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
    • synonyms: strike
13. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
    • "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
    • synonyms: attain, reach
14. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
    • "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"
    • synonyms: strike
15. consume to excess
    • "hit the bottle"
16. hit the intended target or goal
17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
    • "He tries to hit on women in bars"