English dictionary
hit
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
noun
- a conspicuous success
noun
- the act of contacting one thing with another
noun
- a connection made via the internet to another website
noun
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
noun
- a dose of a narcotic drug
noun
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
verb
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
verb
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
verb
- hit with a missile from a weapon
verb
- hit the intended target or goal
verb
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
verb
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
verb
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
verb
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
verb
- cause to move by striking
verb
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
verb
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
verb
- drive something violently into a location
verb
- cause to experience suddenly
verb
- encounter by chance
verb
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
Example sentences
he came all the way around on Williams' hit
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
repeated hitting raised a large bruise
after three misses she finally got a hit
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it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction
He tries to hit on women in bars
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
We were hit by really bad weather
He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager
The earthquake struck at midnight
The pianist strikes a middle C
strike ‘z’ on the keyboard
The car hit a tree
He struck the table with his elbow
He hit her hard in the face
hit a ball
The thermometer hit 100 degrees
This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
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
he hit his fist on the table
she struck her head on the low ceiling
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
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered