Synonyms: hit
Definition: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
Usage: he came all the way around on Williams' hit
Similar words: exploit, feat, effort
Definition: a notable achievement
Usage: he performed a great feat; the book was her finest effort
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: success
Definition: an attainment that is successful
Usage: his success in the marathon was unexpected; his new play was a great success
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: touch, touching
Definition: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
Usage: at his touch the room filled with lights
Synonyms: hit
Definition: a connection made via the internet to another website
Usage: WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
Similar words: joining, connection, connexion
Definition: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
Usage: the joining of hands around the table; there was a connection via the internet
Synonyms: hit
Definition: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
Usage: it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
Similar words: execution, slaying, murder
Definition: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: impinging, striking, contact
Definition: the physical coming together of two or more things
Usage: contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Synonyms: hit
Definition: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
Usage: He tries to hit on women in bars
Similar words: approach
Definition: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
Usage: I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: make headway, win, pull ahead, get ahead, gain, gain ground, advance
Definition: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
Usage: The home team was gaining ground; After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
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: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Usage: Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II; Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
Definition: hit with a missile from a weapon
Synonyms: hit
Definition: hit the intended target or goal
Similar words: win, succeed, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods
Definition: attain success or reach a desired goal
Usage: The enterprise succeeded; We succeeded in getting tickets to the show; she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
Synonyms: hit
Definition: consume to excess
Usage: hit the bottle
Similar words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Definition: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Usage: Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I don't take sugar in my coffee
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
Similar words: touch, touch on, impact, affect, bear on, bear upon
Definition: have an effect upon
Usage: Will the new rules affect me?
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
Similar words: touch
Definition: make physical contact with, come in contact with
Usage: Touch the stone for good luck; She never touched her husband
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: touch
Definition: make physical contact with, come in contact with
Usage: Touch the stone for good luck; She never touched her husband
Synonyms: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face
Similar words: touch
Definition: make physical contact with, come in contact with
Usage: Touch the stone for good luck; She never touched her husband
Synonyms: hit
Definition: cause to move by striking
Usage: hit a ball
Definition: cause to move forward with force
Usage: Steam propels this ship
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
Similar words: come, arrive, get
Definition: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Usage: She arrived home at 7 o'clock; She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
Definition: drive something violently into a location
Usage: he hit his fist on the table; she struck her head on the low ceiling
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Definition: encounter by chance
Usage: I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
Synonyms: slay, dispatch, polish off, remove, bump off, hit, off, murder
Definition: kill intentionally and with premeditation
Usage: The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays