Noun

• S: (n) hit (hit%1:04:03::) ((baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)) "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
• S: (n) hit (hit%1:04:00::), hitting (hitting%1:04:00::), striking (striking%1:04:00::) (the act of contacting one thing with another) "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
• S: (n) hit (hit%1:04:02::), smash (smash%1:04:01::), smasher (smasher%1:04:00::), strike (strike%1:04:03::), bang (bang%1:04:00::) (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"
• S: (n) collision (collision%1:11:01::), hit (hit%1:11:01::) ((physics) a 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"
• S: (n) hit (hit%1:06:00::) (a dose of a narcotic drug)
• S: (n) hit (hit%1:04:04::) (a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate) "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
• S: (n) hit (hit%1:04:05::) (a connection made via the internet to another website) "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"

Verb

• S: (v) hit (hit%2:35:03::) (cause to move by striking) "hit a ball"
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:35:01::), strike (strike%2:35:01::), impinge on (impinge_on%2:35:00::), run into (run_into%2:35:01::), collide with (collide_with%2:35:00::) (hit against; come into sudden contact with) "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:35:00::) (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument) "He hit her hard in the face"
• S: (v) reach (reach%2:38:01::), make (make%2:38:00::), attain (attain%2:38:01::), hit (hit%2:38:00::), arrive at (arrive_at%2:38:00::), gain (gain%2:38:00::) (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"
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:35:05::), strike (strike%2:35:02::) (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"
• S: (v) shoot (shoot%2:33:01::), hit (hit%2:33:01::), pip (pip%2:33:01::) (hit with a missile from a weapon)
• S: (v) stumble (stumble%2:40:10::), hit (hit%2:40:05::) (encounter by chance) "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
• S: (v) score (score%2:33:00::), hit (hit%2:33:02::), tally (tally%2:33:00::), rack up (rack_up%2:33:01::) (gain points in a game) "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:39:00::), strike (strike%2:39:00::), come to (come_to%2:39:00::) (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"
• S: (v) strike (strike%2:33:00::), hit (hit%2:33:00::) (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"
• S: (v) murder (murder%2:41:00::), slay (slay%2:41:00::), hit (hit%2:41:00::), dispatch (dispatch%2:41:01::), bump off (bump_off%2:41:00::), off (off%2:41:00::), polish off (polish_off%2:41:00::), remove (remove%2:41:01::) (kill intentionally and with premeditation) "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:38:02::), strike (strike%2:38:02::) (drive something violently into a location) "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
• S: (v) reach (reach%2:38:00::), hit (hit%2:38:07::), attain (attain%2:38:00::) (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"
• S: (v) strike (strike%2:35:03::), hit (hit%2:35:02::) (produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments) "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:33:03::) (hit the intended target or goal)
• S: (v) hit (hit%2:32:12::) (pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to) "He tries to hit on women in bars"