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Type Words
Synonyms strike
Type of move, displace
Has types smash


he hit his fist on the table.
Type Words
Synonyms bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay
Type of kill
Has types execute, burke
Type Words
Synonyms rack up, score, tally
Type of gain ground, gain, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, advance, win
Has types equalise, make, convert, walk, have, hole up, homer, par, ace, get, eagle, shoot, get even, kick, equalize


He hit a home run.
He hit .300 in the past season.
Type Words
Synonyms bang, smash, smasher, strike
Type of success
Has types smash hit, blockbuster, megahit, sleeper


that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career.
Type Words
Synonyms pip, shoot
Type of wound, injure
Has types grass, gun down, kneecap
Verb group strike, pip, shoot, blast
Derivation hitting
Type Words
Synonyms collision
Type of impinging, striking, contact
Type Words
Synonyms strike
Type of attack, assail
Has types retaliate, strike back, stroke, chop, slice
Verb group strike, pip, shoot
Type Words
Synonyms strike
Type of affect, impact, touch, bear on, touch on, bear upon
Verb group strike


We were hit by really bad weather.
Type Words
Synonyms attain, reach
Type of arrive, come, get
Has types max out, break even


The thermometer hit 100 degrees.
Type Words
Synonyms stumble
Type of come by, come into
Type Words
Synonyms come to, strike
Verb group move, strike, affect, impress


An interesting idea hit her.
Type Words
Synonyms hitting, striking
Type of touch, touching
Has types crash, hopper, header, grounder, plunk, ground ball, fly ball, fly, screamer, smash, bunt, groundball, plunker, contusion, scorcher


repeated hitting raised a large bruise.
after three misses she finally got a hit.
Type Words
Synonyms strike
Type of touch
Type Words
Synonyms arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach
Has types top out, get through, scale, summit, surmount, bottom out, breast, come through, culminate, find, access, catch up, make, peak, get at, ground, top, run aground
Verb group make


We hit Detroit by noon.
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts.
Type Words
Synonyms collide with, impinge on, run into, strike
Type of touch
Has types glance, bang, bottom, bottom out, broadside, bump, bump into, butt against, clash, collide, connect, jar against, knock, knock against, ping, rear-end, run into, spang, spat, stub, thud
Verb group strike
Derivation hitting


The car hit a tree.
Type Words
Type of connection, connexion, joining


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Type Words
Type of dosage, dose
Type Words
Type of slaying, execution, murder


it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit.
Type Words
Type of effort, feat, exploit
Has types safety, base hit


he came all the way around on Williams' hit.
Type Words
Type of propel, impel
Has types shell, backhand, whang, play, loft, kill, volley, undercut, triple, bounce, snick, snap, top, hook, bunker, bunt, smash, cannon, carry, hole out, toe, clap, pop, hole, connect, pull, heel, ground out, ground, croquet, slice, pitch, single, double, drag a bunt, dribble, drive, putt, racket, shank, shoot, fly, follow through, foul
Derivation hitting, hitter


hit a ball.
Type Words
Type of touch
Has types lam into, pommel, poke, plug, pitch into, nail, wham, whack, wallop, thwack, thump, tear into, swipe, swig, swat, stun, bang, bash, bat, bean, belt, biff, blast, bludgeon, bonk, boom, bop, sock, box, brain, smite, buff, buffet, catch, smash, clap, whop, club, smack, slug, slog, conk, whap, cosh, crack, cudgel, cut, slam, fustigate, get, sandbag, punch, pummel, hook, pound, kick, pop, lace into, lay into
Derivation hitting


He hit her hard in the face.
Type Words
Type of come through, succeed, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, win
Derivation hitting
Type Words
Type of approach


He tries to hit on women in bars.

Examples of hit

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Lt. Mike Conforti describes a day less than a month ago when his convoy was hit.
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The Wildcats, who went 22 for 24 on free throws, then hit 6 straight to hold on.
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From the start, Alexander was the first to hit the gym and among the last to go.
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In Anaheim last week, Colaiacovo was hit above the lip on a shot from the point.
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Later, as we entered Sasha's on Shaw, we were hit by a cloud of cigarette smoke.
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After a white Christmas, temperatures have climbed and may hit 70 degrees today.
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Schools were getting enriched at times when student borrowing hit record levels.
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He had only two 3-2 counts and struck out nine with one walk and one hit batter.
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Weldon said he was having trouble off the tee and hit only five or six fairways.
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  • (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
  • Cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
  • The act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
  • Hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
  • A conspicuous success; "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"
  • Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
  • HiT Entertainment is a British-American entertainment distribution company established in 1989, and originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International Television. ...
  • Hit! is a 1973 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. It is about a federal agent trying to destroy a drug zone after his daughter dies from a heroin overdose.
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