hit

hit has 39 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• pron.. It.
• 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
• imp. & p. p.. of Hit
• v. t.. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To guess; to light upon or discover.
• v. t.. To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
• v. i.. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
• v. i.. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
• n.. A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
• n.. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
• n.. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.