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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hit \Hit\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Hit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hitting}.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
I think you have hit the mark. --Shak.
2. 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.
Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. --Locke.
There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. --Dryden.
Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton.
He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson.
3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ''Thou hast hit it.'' --Shak.
4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
hitting \hitting\ n. [vb. n. from {hit}, v.] The act of striking one thing against another; as, repeated hitting raised a large bruise
Syn: hit, striking. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hitting See {hit}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hit
noun
1: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
2: the act of contacting 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"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: {smash}, {smasher}, {strike}, {bang}]
4: (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" [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"
7: a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
verb
1: cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
2: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: {strike}, {impinge on}, {run into}, {collide with}] [ant: {miss}]
3: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" [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 destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {make}, {attain}, {arrive at}, {gain}]
6: 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}]
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"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" [syn: {strike}, {come to}]
9: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: {strike}]
10: hit the intended target or goal
11: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike 'z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" [syn: {strike}]
12: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" [syn: {stumble}]
13: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: {score}, {tally}, {rack up}]
14: consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
15: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: {murder}, {slay}, {dispatch}, {bump off}, {polish off}, {remove}]
16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" [syn: {strike}]
17: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" [also: {hitting}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hitting
noun: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" [syn: {hit}, {striking}]
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