Main entry: hit
Definition: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
Usage: he came all the way around on Williams' hit
Main entry: smash, smasher, strike, bang, hit
Definition: a conspicuous success
Usage: 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
Main entry: hit, hitting, striking
Definition: the act of contacting one thing with another
Usage: repeated hitting raised a large bruise; after three misses she finally got a hit
Main entry: hit
Definition: a connection made via the internet to another website
Usage: WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
Main entry: hit
Definition: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
Usage: it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
Main entry: hit
Definition: a dose of a narcotic drug
Definition: (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
Usage: the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction
Main entry: hit
Definition: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
Usage: He tries to hit on women in bars
Main entry: hit, tally, rack up, score
Definition: gain points in a game
Usage: The home team scored many times; He hit a home run; He hit .300 in the past season
Definition: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
Usage: 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
Definition: hit with a missile from a weapon
Main entry: hit
Definition: hit the intended target or goal
Main entry: hit
Definition: consume to excess
Usage: hit the bottle
Definition: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
Usage: We were hit by really bad weather; He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager; The earthquake struck at midnight
Definition: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
Usage: The pianist strikes a middle C; strike `z' on the keyboard; her comments struck a sour note
Main entry: hit, impinge on, collide with, strike, run into
Definition: hit against; come into sudden contact with
Usage: The car hit a tree; He struck the table with his elbow
Main entry: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face
Main entry: hit
Definition: cause to move by striking
Usage: hit a ball
Main entry: hit, reach, attain
Definition: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
Usage: The thermometer hit 100 degrees; This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
Main entry: hit, make, gain, attain, arrive at, reach
Definition: reach a destination, either real or abstract
Usage: 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
Definition: drive something violently into a location
Usage: he hit his fist on the table; she struck her head on the low ceiling
Main entry: hit, strike, come to
Definition: cause to experience suddenly
Usage: 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
Definition: encounter by chance
Usage: I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
Main entry: slay, dispatch, polish off, remove, bump off, hit, off, murder
Definition: kill intentionally and with premeditation
Usage: The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered