Hit meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Pronoun

It.

2. Unclassified

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.

3. Verb form

of Hit

4. Verb

To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).

5. Verb

To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.

6. Verb

To guess; to light upon or discover.

7. Verb

To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

8. Verb

To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.

9. Verb

To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.

10. Noun

A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

11. Noun

A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.

12. Noun

A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

13. Noun

A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

14. Noun

A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.

15. Noun

a dose of a narcotic drug

Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

16. Noun

(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"

Vocabulary classified under Physics