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hit
has definitions from the fields of law,medicine,baseball,sport,military,criminal law,pharmacology,arms
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[ verb ] cause to move by striking
Examples "hit a ball" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)`` I can't hit anymore . Bobby_Lowe of Boston was the first to hit four at home and Gil_Hodges turned_the_trick in Brooklyn 's Ebbetts_Field . In four of his nine previous seasons Mays hit as_many_as 25 home_runs and stole as_many_as 25 bases . Related terms propel single bounce pop putt double triple bunt dribble slice snap shoot foul ground_out hook bunker hole ground backhand ground pull kill whang kill connect undercut shank drive drive volley clap smash putt snick racket top heel play volley croquet loft toe toe pitch follow_through shell fly cannon hitter |
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[ verb ] hit against; come into sudden contact with
Synonyms Examples "The car hit a tree" "He struck the table with his elbow" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He got hit from the blind side by the split_end coming_back on the second play of the game . The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver 's Al_Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave_Grayson , the speedy halfback , hit him and Guard Al_Reynolds claimed it for Dallas . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)A trained marksman shooting five rounds at a target , all under practically the same conditions , may hit the bull's-eye from 0 to 5 times . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Not a bullet touched Cook who was nearer the ambush , but one hit Russell in the leg and another broke his arm , passing_on through his body . In deadly earnest , the besiegers methodically stripped away portions of the roof and tossed lighted rags inside , only to have most stamped_out by the women as_soon_as they hit the floor . |
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[ verb ] affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
Synonyms Examples "We were hit by really bad weather" "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager" "The earthquake struck at midnight" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Probably THE hottest thing that has hit the Dallas investment community in years was the Morton Foods_stock issue , which was sold to the public during the past week . (U.S. News and World Report,...)Many_of the roads also were hit by an unusually severe winter . (Newark Evening News...)But once the strike trend hits hoosegows , there is no telling how far it may go . (Saturday Review...)I feel that N._C. hit the very core of our existence in the editorial `` Confrontation '' . (Huston Smith, "Interfaith Communication: The...)The people hardest hit by this suspicion are , of_course , Christians on the mainland of China . |
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[ verb ] deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Examples "He hit her hard in the face" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The two top talents of the time , Mickey_Mantle and Willie_Mays , have hit the ball harder and more successfully so_far this early season than at any period in careers which , to be frank about it , never have quite reached expectations . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)Pa was on his side , looking at me , his eyes winking , the hand that had hit me a fist in the pillow . It was better , though , he 'd hit me . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)She brought_up her free hand to hit him , but this time he was quicker . |
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[ verb ] reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
Examples "The thermometer hit 100 degrees" "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" Related terms |
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[ verb ] reach a destination, either real or abstract
Examples "We hit Detroit by noon" "The water reached the doorstep" "We barely made the plane" "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` They can be going_along , doing little damage , then bang , bang - they can hit a_couple_of passes on you for touchdowns and put you in_trouble '' . The Broncs did hit two quick strikes in the final_period against the Texans , but Dallas had enough of a lead to hold them off . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Mays and Mantle , both 10 - year men at 30 , have so much ability that , baseball men agree , they 've never hit the heights . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)It could continue this way , hitting 106 and more in the Valley , Joe_McFeeley knew , into October . |
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[ verb ] cause to experience suddenly
Examples "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" Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)Then it hit me . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)You laughed and then your chest swelled and you felt you could cry for a little bit , and then a feeling hit you like a chill in your stomach and the goose_bumps rippled along your arm . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (military) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
Synonyms Examples "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 5-2" Used in print Top scientists have warned that an area hit by an atomic missile of massive power would be engulfed in a suffocating fire storm which would persist for a long_time . (Peter Wyden, "The Chances of Accidental War"...)Or singlehandedly decided to reverse national policy and hit the Soviets without provocation ? |
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[ noun ] (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
Examples "he came all the way around on Williams' hit" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Over the first five frames , Jack_Fisher , the big righthander who figures to be in_the_middle of Oriole plans for a drive on the 1961 American_League pennant , held the A 's scoreless while yielding three scattered hits . The Birds got five hits and all three of their runs off Kunkel before Hartman took_over in the top of the fourth . Hartman , purchased by the A 's from the Milwaukee_Braves last fall , allowed no hits in his scoreless three inning appearance , and merited the triumph . The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding , along with Robinson , the two Birds who got a pair of hits , doubled to right center , moved to third on Russ_Snyder 's single to right and crossed on Kunkel 's wild_pitch into the dirt in_front of the plate . The Flock added a pair of tallies in the third on three straight hits after two were out . |
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[ verb ] come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Examples "We find this idea in Plato" "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here" "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" Used in print (Saturday Review...)It seems to me that N._C. , in his editorial `` Confrontation '' [ SR , Mar. 25 ] , has hit upon the real problem that bothers all_of us in a complex world : how do we retain our personal relationship with those who suffer ? |
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[ verb ] (sport) gain points in a game
Examples "The home team scored many times" "He hit a home run" "He hit .300 in the past season" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Until the Bucs ' bats quieted_down a_bit in Cincinnati over the weekend , the champions had eight men hitting over .300 . Kieffer , the only junior in the group , was commended for his ability to hit in the clutch , as_well as his all-round excellent play . His best years were 1954 when he hit .345 with 41 homers and '55 when he belted 51 home_runs , drove_in 127 and stole 24 bases . |
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[ noun ] a act of hitting one thing with another
Examples "repeated hitting raised a large bruise" "after three misses she finally got a hit" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)You 're the kind of bastard who sneaks_up on a man from behind and hits him with a club . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Only one of the flight scored a direct hit and the rest blew_up jungle . |
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[ noun ] a conspicuous success
Examples "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" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)Mercer 's Whiteman association brought him into contact with Hoagy_Carmichael , whose `` Snowball '' Mercer relyriced as `` Lazybones '' , in which form it became a hit and marked the real beginning of Mercer 's song writing career . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a connection made via the internet to another website
Examples "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a dose of a narcotic drug
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[ verb ] pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
Examples "He tries to hit on women in bars" Related terms |
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