hit

noun

  1. 1

    (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

    he came all the way around on Williams' hit

  2. 2

    a conspicuous success

    that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career

    that new Broadway show is a real smasher

  3. 3

    the act of contacting one thing with another

    repeated hitting raised a large bruise

    after three misses she finally got a hit

  4. 4

    a connection made via the internet to another website

    WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide

  5. 5

    a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

    it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit

  6. 6

    a dose of a narcotic drug

  7. 7

    (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

    the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction

verb

  1. 1

    pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

    He tries to hit on women in bars

  2. 2

    gain points in a game

    The home team scored many times

    He hit a home run

  3. 3

    make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

    The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939

    We must strike the enemy's oil fields

  4. 4

    hit with a missile from a weapon

  5. 5

    hit the intended target or goal

Synonyms

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