hit

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• COUNT in NET: 11 in 10 verses (in OT : 9 in 8 verses) (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hit, pron. 

 It.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

hit, 3d pers. sing. pres. 

 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

hit, v. t. [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.].

•  To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).  [1913 Webster]

  "I think you have hit the mark."  [1913 Webster]
•  To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.  [1913 Webster]

  "Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right."  [1913 Webster]

  "There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him."  [1913 Webster]

  "Whose saintly visage is too bright
  To hit the sense of human sight."  [1913 Webster]

  "He scarcely hit my humor."  [1913 Webster]
•  To guess; to light upon or discover.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.  [1913 Webster]

To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. Sir W. Temple. -- To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] Spenser.

hit, v. i. 

•  To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.  [1913 Webster]

  "If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another?"  [1913 Webster]

  "Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies, become conjoined with them."  [1913 Webster]
•  To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.  [1913 Webster]

  "And oft it hits
  Where hope is coldest and despair most fits."  [1913 Webster]

  "And millions miss for one that hits."  [1913 Webster]

To hit on or To hit upon, to light upon; to come to by chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the solution after days of trying. “None of them hit upon the art.” Addison.

hit, n. 

•  A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.  [1913 Webster]

  "So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,
  And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed."  [1913 Webster]
•  A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit;  [1913 Webster]

  "What late he called a blessing, now was wit,
  And God's good providence, a lucky hit."
•  A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.  [1913 Webster]
•  A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.  [1913 Webster]
•  A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.  [1913 Webster]
•  An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin.  [PJC]

Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hit, v. & n.
--v. (hitting; past and past part. hit)
1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. b (of a moving body) strike (the plane hit the ground). c reach (a target, a person, etc.) with a directed missile (hit the window with the ball).
2 tr. cause to suffer or affect adversely; wound (the loss hit him hard).
3 intr. (often foll. by at, against, upon) direct a blow.
4 tr. (often foll. by against, on) knock (a part of the body) (hit his head on the door-frame).
5 tr. light upon; get at (a thing aimed at) (he's hit the truth at last; tried to hit the right tone in his apology) (see hit on).
6 tr. colloq. a encounter (hit a snag). b arrive at (hit an all-time low; hit the town). c indulge in, esp. liquor etc. (hit the bottle).
7 tr. esp. US sl. rob or kill.
8 tr. occur forcefully to (the seriousness of the situation only hit him later).
9 tr. Sport a propel (a ball etc.) with a bat etc. to score runs or points. b score (runs etc.) in this way. c (usu. foll. by for) strike (a ball or a bowler) for so many runs (hit him for six).
10 tr. represent exactly.
--n.
1 a a blow; a stroke. b a collision.
2 a shot etc. that hits its target.
3 colloq. a popular success in entertainment.
4 a stroke of sarcasm, wit, etc.
5 a stroke of good luck.
6 esp. US sl. a a murder or other violent crime. b a drug injection etc.
7 a successful attempt.

Idiom

hit and run cause (accidental or wilful) damage and escape or leave the scene before being discovered. hit-and-run attrib.adj. relating to or (of a person) committing an act of this kind. hit back retaliate. hit below the belt
1 esp. Boxing give a foul blow.
2 treat or behave unfairly. hit for six Brit. defeat in argument. hit the hay (or sack) colloq. go to bed. hit the headlines see HEADLINE. hit home make a salutary impression. hit it off (often foll. by with, together) agree or be congenial. hit list sl. a list of prospective victims. hit man (pl. hit men) sl. a hired assassin. hit the nail on the head state the truth exactly. hit on (or upon) find (what is sought), esp. by chance. hit-or-miss aimed or done carelessly. hit out deal vigorous physical or verbal blows (hit out at her enemies). hit-out n. Austral. sl. a brisk gallop. hit parade colloq. a list of the current best-selling records of popular music. hit the road (US trail) sl. depart. hit the roof see ROOF. hit up Cricket score (runs) energetically. hit wicket Cricket be out by striking the wicket with the bat etc. make a hit (usu. foll. by with) be successful or popular.

Derivative

hitter n.

Etymology

ME f. OE hittan f. ON hitta meet with, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

hit

Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, accomplish, accord, achieve, adverse criticism, affect, agree, ambush, animadversion, answer to, antimasque, antitoxin, approach, arrest the thoughts, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, aspersion, assail, assault, assent, assort with, attack, attain, attain to, audience success, bad notices, bad press, bag, ballad, ballet, bang, bang into, bash, bat, be consistent, be of one, be received, be uniform with, beating, beg, belt, best seller, biff, big hit, blast, blitz, blot out, blow, blow in, bob up, bomb, bonk, booster, booster dose, booster shot, brilliant success, broadcast drama, brush, brush by, buffet, bum, bump, bump into, bump off, burlesque show, bushwhack, cadge, cannon, captiousness, caress, carom, carom into, carping, catch, catch the thoughts, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chance, charade, charge, check, check in, chime, chop, clap, clash, cliff hanger, clip, clip off, clobber, clock in, closet drama, clout, clump, cock, cohere, coincide, coldcock, collide, come, come at, come down on, come home to, come in, come in contact, come into collision, come to, come to hand, comedy drama, concur, concuss, conform, conform with, confront each other, conk, consist with, contact, cooperate, correspond, crack, crack down on, crack up, crash, crash into, critical success, criticism, criticize, croak, crump, crunch, cuff, cut, cut and thrust, dash, dash into, daytime serial, deal, deal a blow, deck, descend on, descend upon, descry, detect, determine, detonate, dialogue, dig, ding, dint, discharge, discover, do, do in, documentary drama, dose, dovetail, draft, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, drop, dropping, drub, drubbing, drug packet, drumming, duodrama, duologue, eject, encounter, epic theater, erase, espy, exception, experimental theater, extravaganza, fad, failure, fall foul of, fall in together, fall on, fall upon, faultfinding, feint, fell, fetch, fetch a blow, fetch up at, find, find out, fire, fire off, fit together, fix, flail at, flail away at, flak, flop, foul, fusillade, gain, gang up on, gas, gasser, get, get in, get there, get to, give the business, giveaway, glance, go, go at, go for, go together, go with, goal, grab, grand slam, graze, great success, gun, gun down, gun for, hairsplitting, hang together, happening, harmonize, harry, have at, hit a clip, hit against, hit at, hit like lightning, hit show, hit the mark, hit town, hit tune, hit up, hold together, hole, hole in one, home run, home thrust, homer, hostile criticism, hunt down, hurt, hurtle, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, hypodermic, hypodermic injection, ice, impinge, impress, impress forcibly, improvisational drama, imputation, injection, inoculation, interlock, intersect, invent, jab, jet injection, jibe, jump, killing, kiss, knock, knock against, knock cold, knock down, knock out, land on, lash out at, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, lay out, legitimate drama, let drive at, let fly, let fly at, let have it, let off, lick, light, light into, light music, load, locate, lock, luck, lunge at, mainlining, make, make an impression, make it, masque, match, meet, meet with, melodrama, meteoric success, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, momentary success, monodrama, monologue, mooch, morality, morality play, mug, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, nagging, nail, narcotic injection, narcotic shot, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, nudge, obloquy, off, opera, osculate, overcriticalness, overdose, overlap, pageant, pan, panel show, panhandle, pantomime, parallel, pass the hat, paste, pastoral, pastoral drama, pelt, pepper, percuss, pestering, pettifogging, pick off, piece, pistol, pitch into, play, playlet, plug, plunk, poke, poke at, polish off, pop, pop music, pop up, popping, popular music, popular song, portion, pot, potion, potshoot, potshot, pound, priggishness, prime, problem play, psychodrama, pull in, punch, punch in, quibble, quibbling, quiz show, radio drama, rap, reach, rediscover, reflection, register, register with, reproachfulness, resounding triumph, respond to, review, revue, riddle, ring in, riot, roaring success, rock, roll in, rub, rub out, run down, run into, run to earth, sail into, score, scrape, scrounge, sensation, sensational play, serial, set on, set upon, settle, shave, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shooting up, shot, show, show up, sideswipe, sign in, sing in chorus, sink in, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skim, skin-popping, skirt, skit, slam, slam into, slog, slosh, slug, smack, smack into, smash, smash hit, smash into, smash up, smite, snap, snipe, snipe at, soak, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, sock, song hit, sort with, spectacle, spot, square, square with, squeak by, stage play, stage show, stand together, straight drama, stricture, strike, strike against, strike at, strike hard, strike home, strike out at, stroke, stumble, success, successful, surprise, suspense drama, swat, swing, swing at, swing on, swipe, tableau, tableau vivant, take a potshot, take care of, take the offensive, taking exception, talk show, tally, tattoo, teleplay, television drama, television play, tell, ten, theater of cruelty, thrust at, thump, thwack, time in, torpedo, total theater, touch, touchdown, trace, trace down, track down, traumatize, trichoschistism, triumph, tumble, turn up, vaccination, vaccine, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, wade into, wallop, waste, whack, wham, whomp, whop, wipe, wipe out, word-of-mouth success, work, wow, yerk, zap

ROGET THESAURUS

hit

Success

N success, successfulness, speed, advance, trump card, hit, stroke, score, lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke, direct hit, bull's eye, goal, point, touchdown, home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam, killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke, ten strike, coup de maitre, checkmate, half the battle, prize, profit, continued success, good fortune, time well spent, advantage over, upper hand, whip hand, ascendancy, mastery, expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual, subjugation, triumph, proficiency, conqueror, victor, winner, master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill, achiever, success, success story, succeeding, successful, prosperous, triumphant, flushed with success, crowned with success, victorious, on top, set up, in the ascendant, unbeaten (beat), well-spent, felicitous, effective, in full swing, successfully, well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly, a merveille, beyond all hope, to some purpose, to good purpose, to one's heart's content, veni vidi vici, the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant, omne tulit punctum, bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria, cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, dies faustus, l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort, omnia vincit amor, love conquers all, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won, vincit qui patitur, vincit qui se vincit, The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

Chance

N chance, lot, fate, luck, good luck, mascot, speculation, venture, stake, game of chance, mere shot, random shot, blind bargain, leap in the dark, pig in a poke, fluke, potluck, faro bank, flyer, limit, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, drawing lots, sortilegy, sortition, sortes, sortes Virgilianae, rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice, wager, bet, betting, gambling, the turf, gaming house, gambling house, betting house, bucket shop, gambling joint, totalizator, totalizer, hell, betting ring, dice, dice box, gambler, gamester, man of the turf, adventurer, dicer, fortuitous, unintentional, unintended, accidental, not meant, undesigned, purposed, unpremeditated, unforeseen, uncontemplated, never thought of, random, indiscriminate, promiscuous, undirected, aimless, driftless, designless, purposeless, causeless, without purpose, possible, unforeseeable, unpredictable, chancy, risky, speculative, dicey, randomly, by chance, fortuitously, unpredictably, unforeseeably, casually, unintentionally, unwittingly, en passant, by the way, incidentally, as it may happen, at random, at a venture, at haphazard, acierta errando, dextro tempore, fearful concatenation of circumstances, fortuitous combination of circumstances, le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du desespo, the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances, the fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms, God does not play dice with the universe, chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit, fate, equal chance, lottery, tombola, toss up, turn of the table, turn of the cards, hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate, cast of the dice, throw of the dice, heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune, sortes, sortes Virgilianae, probability, possibility, odds, long odds, run of luck, accidentalness, main chance, odds on, favorable odds, contingency, dependence (uncertainty), situation (circumstance), statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances, bookmaking, assurance, speculation, gaming, casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate, random, statistical, possible, unintentional, by chance, accidentally, by accident, casually, perchance, for aught one knows, as good would have it, as bad would have it, as luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it, as chance would have it, as it may be, as it may chance, as it may turn up, as it may happen, as the case may be, grasps the skirts of happy chance, the accident of an accident, There but for the grace of God go I.

Disapprobation

N disapprobation, disapproval, improbation, disesteem, disvaluation, displacency, odium, dislike, dispraise, discommendation, blame, censure, obloquy, detraction, disparagement, depreciation, denunciation, condemnation, ostracism, black list, animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism, sardonic grin, sardonic laugh, sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo, bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment, satire, sneer, taunt, cavil, carping, censoriousness, hypercriticism, reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming, correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff, slap, slap on the face, home thrust, hit, frown, scowl, black look, diatribe, jeremiad, jeremiade, tirade, philippic, clamor, outcry, hue and cry, hiss, hissing, sibilance, sibilation, catcall, execration, chiding, upbraiding, exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely, hard words, cutting words, bitter words, evil-speaking, bad language, personality, disapproving, scandalized, disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative, defamatory, satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon, censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical, fastidious, sparing of praise, grudging praise, disapproved, chid, in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved, unblest, at a discount, exploded, weighed in the balance and found wanting, blameworthy, reprehensible, to blame, worthy of blame, answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of, bad, vicious, unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied, with a wry face, reproachfully, Int, it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath!, forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora!, O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!.

Impulse

N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

Arrival

VB arrive, get to, come to, come, reach, attain, come up with, come up to, overtake, make, fetch, complete, join, rejoin, light, alight, dismount, land, go ashore, debark, disembark, put in, put into, visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent, sit down, get to one's journey's end, make the land, be in at the death, come back, get back, come home, get home, return, come in, make one's appearance, drop in, detrain, deplane, outspan, de-orbit, come to hand, come at, come across, hit, come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon, meet, encounter, rencounter, come in contact.