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UK
/hˈɪt/
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[ US /ˈhɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈhɪt/ ]
VERB
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cause to experience suddenly
The thought struck terror in our minds
A thought came to me
They were struck with fear
Panic struck me
An interesting idea hit her -
encounter by chance
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant -
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
strike `z' on the keyboard
The pianist strikes a middle C -
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
He tries to hit on women in bars -
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 -
kill intentionally and with premeditation
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered -
hit against; come into sudden contact with
He struck the table with his elbow
The car hit a tree -
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
The earthquake struck at midnight
We were hit by really bad weather
He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager - hit with a missile from a weapon
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drive something violently into a location
he hit his fist on the table
she struck her head on the low ceiling -
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
He hit her hard in the face -
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour
The thermometer hit 100 degrees -
cause to move by striking
hit a ball -
reach a destination, either real or abstract
We barely made it to the finish line
We hit Detroit by noon
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
The water reached the doorstep - hit the intended target or goal
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gain points in a game
The home team scored many times
He hit a home run
He hit .300 in the past season
NOUN
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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 - a dose of a narcotic drug
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a connection made via the internet to another website
WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide -
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit -
the act of contacting one thing with another
repeated hitting raised a large bruise
after three misses she finally got a hit -
(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 -
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
he came all the way around on Williams' hit
How To Use hit In A Sentence
- A thin veil of fog had rolled in off the bay, obscuring his view and coating the area in a pale gray-white mist.
- While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
- Add white soy sauce and milk, season with salt and pepper to taste and bring to a simmer.
- They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.
- The Plover is to be communicated with each year by a man-of-war — the Amphitrite is the next. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
- Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
- So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
- Pearce , a Zimbabwean architect living in Melbourne, has been inspired by the humble termite.
- Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago. MacMegasite
- Once the coals are covered in a fur of white ash, start by barbecuing a few vegetables.