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hit > 24 senses
NOUN	1	hit	(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
	2	hit, hitting, striking	The act of contacting one thing with another
	3	hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang	A conspicuous success
	4	hit, collision	(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together
	5	hit	A dose of a narcotic drug
	6	hit	A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
	7	hit	A connection made via the internet to another website
VERB	1	hit	Cause to move by striking
	2	hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with	Hit against
	3	hit, strike	Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
	4	hit	Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
	5	hit, reach, make, attain, arrive at, gain	Reach a destination, either real or abstract
	6	hit, reach, attain	Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
	7	hit, shoot, pip	Hit with a missile from a weapon
	8	hit, strike, come to	Cause to experience suddenly
	9	hit, strike	Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
	10	hit	Hit the intended target or goal
	11	hit, strike	Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
	12	hit, stumble	Encounter by chance
	13	hit, score, tally, rack up	Gain points in a game
	14	hit	Consume to excess
	15	hit, murder, slay, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove	Kill intentionally and with premeditation
	16	hit, strike	Drive something violently into a location
	17	hit	Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

hit > pronunciation
Sounds	hhih't
Rhymes	acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website...

hit > noun 1, act
Meaning	(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
Examples	"he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
Category	baseball, baseball game, ball
Narrower	base hit, safety, bingle
Broader	deed, feat, effort, exploit
Verbs	hit; hit

hit > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of contacting one thing with another.
Examples	"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
Synonyms	hitting, striking
Narrower	contusion; crash, smash; bunt; fly, fly ball; grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper; header; scorcher, screamer; plunk, plunker
Broader	touch, touching
Verbs	hit

hit > noun 3, act
Meaning	A conspicuous success.
Examples	"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
Synonyms	smash, smasher, strike, bang
Narrower	blockbuster, megahit, smash hit; sleeper
Broader	success

hit > noun 4, event
Meaning	(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together.
Synonyms	collision
Category	physics, physical science, natural philosophy
Broader	contact, impinging, striking
Verbs	hit

hit > noun 5, artifact
Meaning	A dose of a narcotic drug.
Broader	dose

hit > noun 6, act
Meaning	A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate.
Examples	"it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
Broader	murder, slaying, execution
Verbs	hit

hit > noun 7, act
Meaning	A connection made via the internet to another website.
Examples	"WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
Broader	joining, connection, connexion

hit > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Cause to move by striking.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Model	The children hit the ball
Examples	"hit a ball"
Narrower	play; foul; cannon; clap; ground out; toe; shank; pitch; fly; snap; whang; undercut; putt; heel; toe; bunker; bounce; backhand; pop; follow through; shell; ground; ground; top; pull; kill; kill; connect; drive; drive; hole, hole out; bunt, drag a bunt; snick; racket; dribble, carry; slice; hook; single; double; triple; smash; shoot; volley; croquet; loft
Broader	propel, impel
Nouns	hitter; hitting; hit

hit > verb 2, contact
Meaning	Hit against. Come into sudden contact with.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Model	The car hits the tree
Examples	"The car hit a tree"
Synonyms	strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
Narrower	ping; spang, bang; rear-end; broadside; connect; spat; thud; bottom; bottom out; bump, knock; run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against; collide, clash
Broader	touch
Contrary	miss
Similar to	strike
Nouns	hitting; hit

hit > verb 3, contact
Meaning	Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Model	The wind storms hit the area with dust and dirt
Examples	"We were hit by really bad weather"
Synonyms	strike
Broader	affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Similar to	strike, hit

hit > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Model	The fighter managed to hit his opponent
Examples	"He hit her hard in the face"
Entailed by	indent, dent; beat, beat up, work over
Narrower	clap; slam, bang; lam into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, lay into; kick; swipe; smite; hook; swat; sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash; bean; pop; get, catch; conk; cosh; brain; smash, nail, boom, blast; crack; sandbag, stun; bat; bat; bat; cut; thump, pound, poke; smack, thwack; belt; punch, plug; slug, slog, swig; whack, wham, whop, wallop; pummel, pommel, biff; buffet, buff; box; club, bludgeon; cudgel
Broader	touch
Nouns	hit, hitting

hit > verb 5, motion
Meaning	Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They hit the water
Examples	"We hit Detroit by noon"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
Synonyms	reach, make, attain, arrive at, gain
Entails	travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower	catch up; scale, surmount; breast; access, get at; peak; bottom out; top out; summit; top; make; find; culminate; get through, come through; ground, run aground
Similar to	make

hit > verb 6, motion
Meaning	Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The thermometer hit 100 degrees"
Synonyms	reach, attain
Narrower	max out; break even
Broader	arrive, get, come

hit > verb 7, competition
Meaning	Hit with a missile from a weapon.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	shoot, pip
Entailed by	machine gun
Narrower	gun down; grass; kneecap
Broader	injure, wound
Similar to	strike, hit; shoot; shoot, pip
Nouns	hitting

hit > verb 8, perception
Meaning	Cause to experience suddenly.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Examples	"An interesting idea hit her"
Synonyms	strike, come to
Similar to	affect, impress, move, strike

hit > verb 9, competition
Meaning	Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	strike
Narrower	slice; chop; stroke; retaliate, strike back
Broader	attack, assail
Similar to	shoot, hit, pip; hit, strike

hit > verb 10, competition
Meaning	Hit the intended target or goal.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Entails	aim, take, train, take aim, direct
Broader	succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Nouns	hitting

hit > verb 11, contact
Meaning	Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	strike
Broader	touch

hit > verb 12, possession
Meaning	Encounter by chance.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	stumble
Broader	come by

hit > verb 13, competition
Meaning	Gain points in a game.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
Synonyms	score, tally, rack up
Entails	compete, vie, contend
Caused by	drive in
Narrower	par; shoot; convert; convert; convert; homer; kick; eagle; hole up; ace; walk; equalize, equalise, get even; have, get, make
Broader	gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Nouns	hit

hit > verb 14, consumption
Meaning	Consume to excess.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"hit the bottle"
Broader	consume, ingest, take in, take, have

hit > verb 15, social
Meaning	Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Model	Sam cannot hit Sue
Synonyms	murder, slay, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
Narrower	burke; execute
Broader	kill
Nouns	hit

hit > verb 16, motion
Meaning	Drive something violently into a location.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples	"he hit his fist on the table"
Synonyms	strike
Narrower	smash
Broader	move, displace

hit > verb 17, communication
Meaning	Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"He tries to hit on women in bars"
Broader	approach