hit

Meaning of hit

noun
  1. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
    The hit was very slight.
  2. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
  3. An attack on a location, person or people.
  4. A collision of a projectile with the target.
  5. A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
  6. A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
  7. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
  8. The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
    The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
  9. A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
    Where am I going to get my next hit?
  10. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
  11. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
    a happy hit
  12. A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
  13. A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
verb
  1. (heading, physical) To strike.
  2. To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
    I hit the jackpot.
  3. To switch on.
    Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!
  4. To briefly visit.
    We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
  5. To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
    You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.  We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
  6. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
  7. To affect negatively.
    The economy was hit by a recession.  The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
  8. To attack.
  9. (heading, games) To make a play.
  10. To use; to connect to.
    The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
  11. To have sex with.
    I'd hit that.
  12. To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
adjective
  1. Very successful.
    The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

pronoun

It.

Information about hit

Hyphenation of hit

hit

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • hit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hit synonyms

Meaning hitting:

hitting, striking

Meaning smash:

smash, smasher, strike, bang

Meaning collision:

collision

Meaning strike:

strike

Meaning reach:

reach, make, attain, gain

Meaning shoot:

shoot, pip

Meaning stumble:

stumble

Meaning score:

score, tally

Meaning murder:

murder, slay, dispatch, off, remove

Meaning :

beat, pelt, thump, beset, ram, whack, toke

hit antonyms

Meaning :

miss, flop, turkey, cut, kill

Translation of hit

Words that rhyme with hit

megahit, chit, miryachit, myriachit, teuchit, tuchit, unhit, purohit, phit, overhit, superhit, shit, Barashit, apeshit, horseshit, dogshit, mishit, bullshit, chickenshit, dipshit, ratshit, fatshit, outhit, Whit, whit, bilewhit, tewhit, nowhit, skirwhit

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