hit

noun

a successful swing in a baseball game
“The base runner came all the way home on Williams' hit.”
a conspicuous success
“That song was my first hit and marked the beginning of my career as a singer.”
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the act of forcefully contacting one thing with another
“repeated hitting raised a large bruise”
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a counting term for an internet user viewing a web page
“Yesterday our website got over 500 hits!”
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
“it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit”
a dose of an illicit drug
“it's not a good idea to take your first hit of heroin”

verb

to pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
“They tried to hit on patrons of the bar.”
gain points in a game

scoretallyrack up
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

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hit with a missile from a weapon

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to strike the intended target or goal
“I hit the goal!”
consume to excess
“hit the bottle”
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
“We were hit by really bad weather”
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produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically

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hit against

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deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
“I hit you hard in the face.”
to cause to move by striking, moving it into a new location, either intended or not
“I hit a ball into the backyard.”
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
“The thermometer hit 100 degrees”
reach
reach a destination, either real or abstract
“We hit Detroit by noon”
makereachgainarrive atattain
to drive something violently into a location
“I hit my fist on the table to get the room's attention.”
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cause to experience suddenly

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encounter by chance

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kill intentionally and with premeditation

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