hit

v. strike, beat; collide; come in contact with; reach, arrive at; find; affect strongly

n. stroke, blow; collision; success, popular event or production; blockbuster, movie which is a gigantic financial success; premeditated killing, murder (Slang)

Hit and the acronym HIT may refer to:Science/EngineeringHomogeneous Isotropic Turbulence, Fluid Dynamics SportHit (baseball)High intensity training, a form of strength trainingMusicHit (album), by Peter GabrielHits (disambiguation), for albums with that titleHit Records, a record labelHit single, a song that makes the top 40 of the sales charts or hit parade"Hit", a song by Guided by Voices from the 1995 album Alien Lanes"Hit", a single by The Wannadies from the 1997 album Bagsy Me
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Hit! is a 1973 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. It is about a federal agent trying to destroy a drug zone after his daughter dies from a heroin overdose.
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Noun
1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) base hit, safety, bingle
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
2. the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
(synonym) hitting, striking
(hypernym) touch, touching
(hyponym) contusion
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"
(synonym) smash, smasher, strike, bang
(hypernym) success
(hyponym) blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
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"
(synonym) collision
(hypernym) contact, impinging, striking
(derivation) strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
5. a dose of a narcotic drug
(hypernym) dose
6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
(hypernym) murder, slaying, execution
(derivation) murder, slay, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
7. a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
(hypernym) joining, connection, connexion
Verb
1. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
(hypernym) propel, impel
(hyponym) play
(derivation) hitter, striker
2. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
(synonym) strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
(antonym) miss
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) ping
(verb-group) strike
(derivation) collision
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"
(synonym) strike
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(verb-group) strike
4. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) clap
(derivation) hitting, striking
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"
(synonym) reach, make, attain, arrive at, gain
(hyponym) catch up
(entail) travel, go, move, locomote
(verb-group) make
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"
(synonym) reach, attain
(hypernym) arrive, get, come
(hyponym) max out
7. hit with a missile from a weapon
(synonym) shoot, pip
(hypernym) injure, wound
(hyponym) gun down
(verb-group) shoot
(derivation) hitting, striking
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"
(synonym) strike, come to
(verb-group) affect, impress, move, strike
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"
(synonym) strike
(hypernym) attack, assail
(hyponym) slice
(verb-group) shoot, pip
10. hit the intended target or goal
(hypernym) succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
(entail) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
(derivation) hitting, striking
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"
(synonym) strike
(hypernym) touch
12. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
(synonym) stumble
(hypernym) come by
13. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
(synonym) score, tally, rack up
(hypernym) gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
(hyponym) par
(entail) compete, vie, contend
14. consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
15. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
(synonym) murder, slay, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) burke
16. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
(synonym) strike
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) smash
17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
(hypernym) approach

n. hit, popular event or production; hit song, successful song

n. hit, success, popular event or production