Dictionary Entry
hit
hit is a 3-letter English word with 39 senses as pronoun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: It. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 5 · 39 senses
Definitions
- 1pronoun
It.
- 2
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
- 3past tense & past participle
of Hit
- 4transitive verb
To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
- 5transitive verb
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.
- 6transitive verb
To guess; to light upon or discover.
- 7transitive verb
To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- 8intransitive verb
To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
- 9intransitive verb
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
- 10noun
A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- 11noun
A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
- 12noun
A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
- 13noun
A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
- 14noun
A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
- 15adjective
having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.
- 16noun
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
"he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
- 17noun
a conspicuous success
"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
"that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
- 18noun
the act of contacting one thing with another
"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
"after three misses she finally got a hit"
- 19noun
a connection made via the internet to another website
"WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
- 20noun
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
"it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
- 21noun
a dose of a narcotic drug
- 22noun
(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"
Synonyms
- 23verb
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
"He tries to hit on women in bars"
- 24verb
gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times"
"He hit a home run"
- 25verb
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"
Synonyms
- 26verb
hit with a missile from a weapon
- 27verb
hit the intended target or goal
- 28verb
consume to excess
"hit the bottle"
- 29verb
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
"We were hit by really bad weather"
"He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"
Synonyms
- 30verb
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
"The pianist strikes a middle C"
"strike `z' on the keyboard"
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- 31verb
hit against; come into sudden contact with
"The car hit a tree"
"He struck the table with his elbow"
Synonyms
- 32verb
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
"He hit her hard in the face"
- 33verb
cause to move by striking
"hit a ball"
- 34verb
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"
- 35verb
reach a destination, either real or abstract
"We hit Detroit by noon"
"The water reached the doorstep"
- 36verb
drive something violently into a location
"he hit his fist on the table"
"she struck her head on the low ceiling"
Synonyms
- 37verb
cause to experience suddenly
"Panic struck me"
"An interesting idea hit her"
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- 38verb
encounter by chance
"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
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- 39verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
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