Noun
1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);
"he came all the way around on Williams' hit"2. the act of contacting one thing with another;
"repeated hitting raised a large bruise""after three misses she finally got a hit"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"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"5. a dose of a narcotic drug
6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;
"it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"7. a connection made via the internet to another website;
"WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"Verb
1. cause to move by striking;
"hit a ball"2. hit against; come into sudden contact with;
"The car hit a tree""He struck the table with his elbow"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"4. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
"He hit her hard in the face"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"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"7. hit with a missile from a weapon
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"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"10. hit the intended target or goal
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"12. encounter by chance;
"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"13. gain points in a game;
"The home team scored many times""He hit a home run""He hit .300 in the past season"14. consume to excess;
"hit the bottle"15. kill intentionally and with premeditation;
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"16. drive something violently into a location;
"he hit his fist on the table""she struck her head on the low ceiling"17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
"He tries to hit on women in bars"