- hit, hitting, striking - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
--1 is a kind of touch, touching
--1 has particulars:contusion; crash, smash; bunt; fly, fly ball; grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper; header; scorcher, screamer; plunk, plunker Derived forms: verb hit1, verb hit2, verb hit4, verb hit10, verb hit7
- hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
--1 is one way to propel, impel
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun hitter2, noun hit1, noun hitting1
The children hit the ball
- hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
--2 is one way to touch
Antonyms: miss
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun hit4, noun hitting1
The car hits the tree
- hit, strike - 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"
--3 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sample sentence:
The wind storms hit the area with dust and dirt
- hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
--4 is one way to touch
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun hit2, noun hitting1
The fighter managed to hit his opponent
- reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain - 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"
Sample sentence:
They hit the water
- reach, hit, attain - 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"
--6 is one way to arrive, get, come
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- shoot, hit, pip - hit with a missile from a weapon
--7 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun hitting1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- hit, strike, come to - 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"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- strike, hit - 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"
--9 is one way to attack, assail
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- hit - hit the intended target or goal
--10 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun hitting1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- strike, hit - 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"
--11 is one way to touch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stumble, hit - encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
--12 is one way to come by
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- score, hit, tally, rack up - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
--13 is one way to gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun hit1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- hit - consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
--14 is one way to consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
--15 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun hit6
Sam cannot hit Sue
- hit, strike - drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
--16 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- hit - pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
--17 is one way to approach
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"