hit

hit [hit]

vt.

hit, hitting [ME hitten < OE hittan < ON hitta, to hit upon, meet with < IE base * keid-, to fall > Welsh cwydd, a fall]

1. to come against, usually with force; strike [the car hit the tree]

2. to give a blow to; strike; knock

3. to strike so as to deliver (a blow)

4. to strike by throwing or shooting a missile at [to hit the target]

5. to cause to knock, bump, or strike, as in falling, moving, etc.: often with on or against [to hit one's head on a door]

6. to affect strongly or adversely so as to distress or harm [a town hard hit by floods]

7. to come upon by accident or after search; find; light upon [to hit the right answer ]

☆ 8. to arrive at (a place or point); reach; attain [stocks hit a new high]

9. to go to; visit [we hit all the art galleries in town]

10. STRIKE, vt. 8, 9, & 10 (variously)

☆ 11. Slang to apply oneself to steadily or frequently [to hit the books]

12. Slang to demand or require of: with for; often with up [she hit me up for a loan ]

☆ 13. Slang to murder: said as of a hired murderer or an assassin

14. Slang to supply with a drug, etc.

☆ 15. Baseball to get (a specified base hit) [to hit a double ]

☆ 16. Blackjack to deal another card to

vi.

1. to give a blow or blows; strike

2. to attack suddenly

3. to knock, bump, or strike: usually with against

4. to come by accident or after search: with on or upon

☆ 5. to ignite the combustible mixture in its cylinders: said of an internal-combustion engine

☆ 6. Baseball to get a base hit

n.

1. a blow that strikes its mark

2. a collision of one thing with another

3. an effectively witty or sarcastic remark

4. a stroke of good fortune

5. a successful and popular song, singer, book, author, etc.

6. Informal

a) an instance of finding or matching particular data in a computer search

b) an instance of being accessed: said of a website

☆ 7. Slang a murder, as by a hired murderer or an assassin

8. Slang a dose of a drug, a drink of alcoholic liquor, etc.

9. Backgammon a game won by a player after one or more of the opponent's men have been removed from the board

☆ 10. Baseball BASE HIT

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hit it off

to get along well together; be congenial

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hit off

to mimic or portray briefly and well, usually in a satirical way

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hit on

Slang to make sexual advances to

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hit or miss

without regard to success or failure; in a haphazard or aimless way

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hit out at or hit at

1. to aim a blow at; try to hit

2. to attack in words; criticize severely

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hit over the head

1. to strike on the head

2. to emphasize repeatedly or strongly to [you don't have to hit me over the head with it — I understand]

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hit the fan

Slang to become suddenly embarrassing, troublesome, etc.; have a strong negative effect

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hit the ground running

Informal to work or function vigorously and effectively from the very beginning

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☆ hit the road Slang

to leave; go away

hitter

n.