1. (

• hit ,
• hitting ,
• striking

) the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" ;

1. (

• hit ,

) cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" ;

2. (

• hit ,
• strike ,
• impinge_on ,
• run_into ,
• collide_with

) hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" ;

3. (

• hit

) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" ;

4. (

• reach ,
• make ,
• attain ,
• hit ,
• arrive_at ,
• gain

) 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" ;

5. (

• hit ,
• strike ,

) 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" ;

6. (

• shoot ,
• hit ,
• pip ,

) hit with a missile from a weapon ;

7. (

• stumble ,
• hit ,

) encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" ;

8. (

• score ,
• hit ,
• tally ,
• rack_up ,

) gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" ;

9. (

• hit ,
• strike ,
• come_to

) 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" ;

10. (

• strike ,
• hit

) 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" ;

11. (

• murder ,
• slay ,
• hit ,
• dispatch ,
• bump_off ,
• off ,
• polish_off ,
• remove ,

) kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" ;

12. (

• hit ,
• strike ,

) drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" ;

13. (

• reach ,
• hit ,
• attain

) 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" ;

14. (

• strike ,
• hit ,

) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard" ;

15. (

• hit ,

) hit the intended target or goal ;

16. (

• hit ,

) pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" ;