[ noun ]
■ (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
e.g.)
・he came all the way around on Williams' hit
[ noun ]
■ a conspicuous success
e.g.)
・that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
→
bang
,
smash
,
smasher
,
strike
[ noun ]
■ the act of contacting one thing with another
e.g.)
・repeated hitting raised a large bruise
・after three misses she finally got a hit
→
hitting
,
striking
[ noun ]
■ a connection made via the internet to another website
e.g.)
・WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
[ noun ]
■ a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
e.g.)
・it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
[ noun ]
■ a dose of a narcotic drug
[ noun ]
■ (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
→
collision
[ verb ]
■ pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
e.g.)
・He tries to hit on women in bars
[ verb ]
■ gain points in a game
e.g.)
・He hit a home run
・He hit .300 in the past season
→
rack up
,
score
,
tally
[ verb ]
■ make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
→
strike
[ verb ]
■ hit with a missile from a weapon
→
pip
,
shoot
[ verb ]
■ hit the intended target or goal
[ verb ]
■ consume to excess
e.g.)
・hit the bottle
[ verb ]
■ affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
e.g.)
・We were hit by really bad weather
→
strike
[ verb ]
■ produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
→
strike
[ verb ]
■ hit against
■ come into sudden contact with
e.g.)
・The car hit a tree
→
collide with
,
impinge on
,
run into
,
strike
[ verb ]
■ deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
e.g.)
・He hit her hard in the face
[ verb ]
■ cause to move by striking
e.g.)
・hit a ball
[ verb ]
■ reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
e.g.)
・The thermometer hit 100 degrees
→
attain
,
reach
[ verb ]
■ reach a destination, either real or abstract
e.g.)
・We hit Detroit by noon
・I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
→
arrive at
,
attain
,
gain
,
make
,
reach
[ verb ]
■ drive something violently into a location
e.g.)
・he hit his fist on the table
→
strike
[ verb ]
■ cause to experience suddenly
e.g.)
・An interesting idea hit her
→
come to
,
strike
[ verb ]
■ encounter by chance
→
stumble
[ verb ]
■ kill intentionally and with premeditation
→
bump off
,
dispatch
,
murder
,
off
,
polish off
,
remove
,
slay
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