1.(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);
he came all the way around on Williams' hit
2.the act of contacting one thing with another;
repeated hitting raised a large bruise
3.a conspicuous success;
that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
4.(physics) an 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
5.a dose of a narcotic drug
6.a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;
it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
7.a connection made via the internet to another website;
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1.cause to move by striking;
hit a ball
2.hit against; come into sudden contact with;
The car hit a tree
3.affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;
We were hit by really bad weather
4.deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
He hit her hard in the face
5.reach a destination, either real or abstract;
We hit Detroit by noon
6.reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;
The thermometer hit 100 degrees
7.hit with a missile from a weapon
8.cause to experience suddenly;
Panic struck me
9.make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;
The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
10. hit the intended target or goal
11. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;
The pianist strikes a middle C
12. encounter by chance;
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
13. gain points in a game;
The home team scored many times
14. consume to excess;
hit the bottle
15. kill intentionally and with premeditation;
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
16. drive something violently into a location;
he hit his fist on the table
17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
He tries to hit on women in bars