| hit [n] |
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| 1) | (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit" |
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| deed ball base_hit |
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| 2) | the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" |
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| Synonyms : | hitting striking |
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| touch strike collide_with contusion crash bunt fly ground_ball header scorcher plunk |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | bang smash smasher strike |
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| success blockbuster sleeper |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | collision |
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| contact natural_philosophy collide_with clash collide |
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| 5) | a dose of a narcotic drug |
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| dose |
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| 6) | a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit" |
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| execution bump_off |
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| 7) | a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide" |
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| connection |
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| hit [v] |
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| 1) | cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" |
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| impel hitter 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 bunt snick racket carry slice hook single double triple smash shoot volley croquet loft |
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| 2) | hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
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| Synonyms : | collide_with impinge_on run_into strike |
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| strike touch rap hitter striker contact collision miss ping bang rear-end broadside connect spat thud bottom bottom_out bump bump_into clash |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | strike |
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| affect |
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| 4) | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" |
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| touch clap bang lace_into kick swipe smite hook swat bash bean pop catch conk cosh brain blast crack sandbag bat bat bat cut poke smack belt plug slog wallop biff buff box bludgeon cudgel |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | arrive_at attain gain make reach |
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| go attainment catch_up scale breast access peak bottom_out top_out summit top make find culminate come_through ground |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | attain reach |
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| arrive attainment max_out break_even |
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| 7) | hit with a missile from a weapon |
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| Synonyms : | pip shoot |
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| shoot pip injure shoot shooter gun_down grass kneecap |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | come_to strike |
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| affect |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | strike |
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| assail strike strike slice chop stroke retaliate |
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| 10) | hit the intended target or goal |
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| aim bring_home_the_bacon |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | strike |
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| touch |
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| 12) | encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" |
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| Synonyms : | stumble |
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| come_by |
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| 13) | gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
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| Synonyms : | rack_up score tally |
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| compete advance run score score scorer par shoot convert convert convert homer kick eagle hole_up ace walk equalise get |
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| 14) | consume to excess; "hit the bottle" |
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| consume |
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| 15) | kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
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| Synonyms : | bump_off dispatch murder polish_off remove slay |
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| kill despatch killer execution liquidator burke execute |
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| 16) | drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" |
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| Synonyms : | strike |
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| displace smash |
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| 17) | pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" |
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| approach |
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