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hit  (h?t)v. hit, hit·ting, hits v.tr.1. To come into contact with forcefully; strike: The car hit the guardrail.2. a. To cause to come into contact: She hit her hand against the wall.b. To deal a blow to: He hit the punching bag.c. To cause an implement or missile to come forcefully into contact with: hit the nail with a hammer.3. To press or push (a key or button, for example): hit the return key by mistake.4. Sports a. To reach with a propelled ball or puck: hit the running back with a pass.b. To score in this way: She hit the winning basket.c. To perform (a shot or maneuver) successfully: couldn’t hit the jump shot.d. To propel with a stroke or blow: hit the ball onto the green.5. Baseball a. To execute (a base hit) successfully: hit a single.b. To bat against (a pitcher or kind of pitch) successfully: can’t hit a slider.6. a. To affect, especially adversely: The company was hit hard by the recession. Influenza hit the elderly the hardest.b. To be affected by (a negative development): Their marriage hit a bad patch.7. Informal a. To win (a prize, for example), especially in a lottery.b. To arise suddenly in the mind of; occur to: It finally hit him that she might be his long-lost sister.8. a. Informal To go to or arrive at: We hit the beach early.b. Informal To attain or reach: Monthly sales hit a new high. She hit 40 on her last birthday.c. To produce or represent accurately: trying to hit the right note.9. Games To deal cards to.10. Sports To bite on or take (bait or a lure). Used of a fish.v.intr.1. To strike or deal a blow.2. a. To come into contact with something; collide.b. To attack: The raiders hit at dawn.c. To happen or occur: The storm hit without warning.3. To achieve or find something desired or sought: finally hit on the answer; hit upon a solution to the problem.4. Baseball To bat or bat well: Their slugger hasn’t been hitting lately.5. Sports To score by shooting, especially in basketball: hit on 7 of 8 shots.6. To ignite a mixture of air and fuel in the cylinders. Used of an internal-combustion engine.n.1. a. A collision or impact.b. A successfully executed shot, blow, thrust, or throw.c. Sports A deliberate collision with an opponent, such as a body check in ice hockey.2. A successful or popular venture: a Broadway hit.3. Computers a. A match of data in a search string against data that one is searching.b. A connection made to a website over the internet or another network: Our company’s website gets about 250,000 hits daily.4. An apt or effective remark.5. Abbr. H Baseball A base hit.6. Slang a. A dose of a narcotic drug.b. A puff of a cigarette or a pipe.7. Slang A murder planned and carried out usually by a member of an underworld syndicate.Phrasal Verbs: hit on Slang To pay unsolicited romantic attention to: can’t go into a bar lately without being hit on. hit up Slang To approach and ask (someone) for something, especially for money: tried to hit me up for a loan.Idioms: hit it big Slang To be successful: investors who hit it big on the stock market. hit it off Informal To get along well together. hit the books Informal To study, especially with concentrated effort.hit the bottle/booze/sauce Slang To engage in drinking alcoholic beverages. hit the bricks Slang To go on strike. hit the fan Slang To have serious, usually adverse consequences. hit the ground running Informal To begin a venture with great energy, involvement, and competence.hit the hay/sack Slang To go to bed: hit the hay well before midnight.hit the high points/spots To direct attention to the most important points or places. hit the jackpot To become highly and unexpectedly successful, especially to win a great deal of money. hit the nail on the head To be absolutely right. hit the road Slang To set out, as on a trip; leave.hit the roof/ceiling Slang To express anger, especially vehemently. hit the spot To give total or desired satisfaction, as food or drink. hit the wall1. To become suddenly and extremely fatigued, especially when participating in an endurance sport, such as running.2. To lose effectiveness suddenly or come to an end: The stock rally hit the wall when interest rates rose.[Middle English hitten, from Old English hyttan, from Old Norse hitta.]hit?less adj.hit?ta·ble adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.hit (h?t) vb (mainly tr) , hits, hitting or hit1. (also intr) to deal (a blow or stroke) to (a person or thing); strike: the man hit the child. 2. to come into violent contact with: the car hit the tree. 3. to reach or strike with a missile, thrown object, etc: to hit a target. 4. to make or cause to make forceful contact; knock or bump: I hit my arm on the table. 5. to propel or cause to move by striking: to hit a ball. 6. (Cricket) cricket to score (runs)7. to affect (a person, place, or thing) suddenly or adversely: his illness hit his wife very hard. 8. to become suddenly apparent to (a person): the reason for his behaviour hit me and made the whole episode clear. 9. to achieve or reach: to hit the jackpot; unemployment hit a new high. 10. to experience or encounter: I’ve hit a slight snag here. 11. slang to murder (a rival criminal) in fulfilment of an underworld contract or vendetta12. to accord or suit (esp in the phrase hit one’s fancy)13. to guess correctly or find out by accident: you have hit the answer. 14. informal to set out on (a road, path, etc): let’s hit the road. 15. informal to arrive or appear in: he will hit town tomorrow night. 16. informal chiefly US and Canadian to demand or request from: he hit me for a pound. 17. slang to drink an excessive amount of (alcohol): to hit the bottle. 18. (Music, other) hit it music slang start playing19. hit skins slang US to have sexual intercourse20. hit the sack hit the hay slang to go to bed21. not know what has hit one to be completely taken by surprisen22. an impact or collision23. a shot, blow, etc, that reaches its object24. an apt, witty, or telling remark25. informal a. a person or thing that gains wide appeal: she’s a hit with everyone. b. (as modifier): a hit record. 26. informal a stroke of luck27. slang a. a murder carried out as the result of an underworld vendetta or rivalryb. (as modifier): a hit squad. 28. slang a drag on a cigarette, a swig from a bottle, a line of a drug, or an injection of heroin29. (Computer Science) computing a single visit to a website30. make a hit with score a hit with informal to make a favourable impression on[Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014hit (h?t) v. hit, hit?ting, n. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 2. to come against with an impact: The wheel hit the curb. 3. to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the arrow hit the target? 4. Baseball. a. to make (a base hit). b. bat 1 (def. 10). 5. to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green. 6. to affect severely: to be hit hard by inflation. 7. to request or demand of: He hit me for a loan. 8. to reach or attain (a specified level or amount): Prices hit a new high. 9. to be appear in: The story hit the front page. 10. to land on or arrive in: The troops hit the beach at dawn. 11. to give (someone) another playing card, drink, portion, etc. 12. to come or light upon; meet with; find: to hit the right answer. 13. to succeed in representing or producing exactly: to hit the right tone. 14. Informal. to begin to travel on: Let’s hit the road. v.i. 15. to strike with a missile, a weapon, or the like; deal a blow or blows. 16. to come into collision (often fol. by against, on, or upon). 17. (of an internal-combustion engine) to ignite a mixture of air and fuel as intended. 18. to come or light (usu. fol. by upon or on ): to hit on a new way. 19. hit off, a. to represent or describe precisely or aptly. b. to imitate, esp. in order to satirize. 20. hit on, Slang. to make persistent sexual advances to. 21. hit out, a. to deal a blow aimlessly. b. to make a violent verbal attack: to hit out angrily at one’s critics. 22. hit up, Slang. a. to ask to borrow money from. b. to inject a narcotic drug into a vein. n. 23. an impact or collision, as of one thing against another. 24. a stroke that reaches an object; blow. 25. a stroke of satire, censure, etc. 26. base hit. 27. Backgammon. a. a game won by a player after the opponent has thrown off one or more men from the board. b. any winning game. 28. a successful stroke, performance, or production; success: The play is a hit. 29. Slang. a dose of a narcotic drug. 30. a. Computers. (in information retrieval) an instance of successfully locating an item of data in the memory bank of a computer. b. an instance of accessing a Web site. 31. Slang. a murder, esp. one carried out by criminal prearrangement. Idioms: 1. hit it off, to be immediately compatible; get along. 2. hit or miss, without concern for correctness or detail; haphazardly. 3. hit the books, Slang. to study hard. 4. hit the ceiling or roof, Informal. to lose one’s temper; become enraged. 5. hit the hay or sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep. 6. hit the nail on the head, to say or do exactly the right thing. 7. hit the road, Informal. to begin or resume traveling. [before 1100; Middle English; late Old English hittan, perhaps To hit someone or something means to touch them quickly with a lot of force. The past tense and past participle of ‘hit’ is hit, not ‘hitted’.