hit
/hit/
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Definition
Noun:
- A blow or strike that makes contact: The act of one object forcefully coming into contact with another.
- A successful attempt or achievement: Something that is very popular or successful, especially in entertainment.
- A visit to a website: In computing, a single request to a web server for a file, used as a measure of a website's traffic.
- A dose of an illegal drug: (Slang) A single inhalation or injection of a narcotic.
- A planned murder: (Slang) A murder carried out by a criminal organization.
Verb:
- To strike or collide with: To bring one's hand, an object, or oneself into forceful contact with something.
- To achieve or reach: To arrive at a particular point, level, or destination.
- To affect adversely or suddenly: To have a sudden, often negative, impact on someone or something.
- To succeed in entertainment: To become very popular or successful.
- To occur to someone suddenly: For an idea or thought to come into one's mind.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The boxer took a hard hit to the jaw. (A forceful blow)
- Her new song is a massive hit. (A great success)
- Our website gets thousands of hits per day. (Website visits)
Verb:
- The car hit a tree. (Collided with)
- The company's profits hit a record high. (Reached)
- The town was hit by a severe storm. (Affected adversely)
- The comedian's joke really hit the mark. (Was successful/accurate)
Advanced Usage
"hit it off": To like each other and become friendly immediately.
- They met at the party and immediately hit it off.
"hit the road": To begin a journey; to leave.
- It's getting late; we should hit the road.
"hit the books": To begin studying seriously.
- I have an exam tomorrow, so I need to hit the books tonight.
"hit the nail on the head": To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem.
- You hit the nail on the head when you said the issue was a lack of communication.
Variants and Related Words
- Hitter (n): A person or thing that hits, especially in sports like baseball.
- He is a powerful hitter.
- Hitting (n/gerund): The action of striking.
- Constant hitting damaged the wall.
Synonyms
- Strike: To deliver a blow.
- Collide: To crash into.
- Reach: To arrive at.
- Affect: To have an impact on.
- Succeed: To be popular or victorious.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Hit on/upon: To discover or think of something by chance.
- She hit upon a brilliant solution to the problem.
- Hit back: To retaliate or respond to an attack.
- After the criticism, the author hit back with a strong statement.
- Hit out at: To criticize or attack someone verbally.
- The politician hit out at the media for biased reporting.
Related Idioms
- Hit the jackpot: To have a great success, especially by winning a lot of money.
- They hit the jackpot with their new business idea.
- Hit rock bottom: To reach the lowest possible level or point.
- After losing his job, he felt he had hit rock bottom.
- Hit the sack/hay: To go to bed.
- I'm exhausted; I'm going to hit the sack.
- Hit or miss: Sometimes successful and sometimes not; unpredictable.
- The quality of the service here is hit or miss.
Noun
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- (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
- 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
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
- (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- he came all the way around on Williams' hit
Verb
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- He tries to hit on women in bars
- hit the intended target or goal
- consume to excess
- hit the bottle
- 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
- 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
- drive something violently into a location
- he hit his fist on the table
- she struck her head on the low ceiling
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- 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
- 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
- gain points in a game
- The home team scored many times
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
- encounter by chance
- I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- 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
- 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
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- He hit her hard in the face
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- The car hit a tree
- He struck the table with his elbow
- cause to move by striking
- hit a ball