hit
n 1: a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in
baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
2: a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting
raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally
got a hit" [syn: {hitting}, {striking}]
3: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
marked the beginning of his career" [syn: {bang}, {smash},
{strike}]
4: an event in which two or more bodies come together [syn: {collision}]
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"
v 1: cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
2: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The arrow hit
the target"; "The car hit a tree" [syn: {strike}, {impinge
on}, {run into}, {collide with}] [ant: {miss}]
3: affect suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really
bad weather" [syn: {strike}]
4: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
"He hit her hard in the face"
5: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The
thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed
of 140 miles per hour" [syn: {reach}, {attain}]
6: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit
Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We
barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine
before the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {attain}, {make},
{arrive at}, {gain}]
7: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: {shoot}, {pip}]
8: cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An
interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me" [syn: {strike},
{come to}]
9: make a strike against an enemy or a target [syn: {strike}]
10: as of a piano key or notes; "strike middle C"; also used
metaphorically: "strike a sour note [syn: {strike}]
11: hit the target or goal, as intended [ant: {miss}]
12: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting
book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: {find}, {happen},
{chance}, {bump}, {encounter}]
13: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin
last night in a restaurant" [syn: {stumble}]
14: gain points; "The home team scored many times" [syn: {score},
{tally}, {rack up}]
15: consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
16: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: {murder}, {slay}, {dispatch},
{bump off}, {polish off}, {remove}]