Definition of hit in English English dictionary
- In blackjack, to deal a card to
Hit me.
- An attack on a location, person or people
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes
- To go (somewhere)
We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
- To affect negatively
The economy was hit by a recession.
- To kill a person on the instructions of a third party
Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
- A blow; a punch
The hit was very slight.
- To have sex with
I'd hit that.
- The result(s) of a search of a computer system or, for example, the entire Internet using a search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set
- To murder with premeditation for criminal or political purposes
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice
The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server
My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.
- To use
The external web servers hit DBSRV7, the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
- To begin; to start; to open
The movie hits theaters in December.
- It
Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit slide down the hill hits own way.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug
Where am I going to get my next hit?.
- To administer a blow to
I hunted him for half a hour, aiming to learn him to hit a man with a table-leg and then run, but I didn't find him.
- To manage to touch in the right place
I hit the jackpot.
- A success, especially in the entertainment industry
The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
- To come up to bat
Jones hit for the pitcher.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly
Meanwhile the street boys kept up a shower of mud balls, many of which hit the Doctor, while the rest were distributed upon his assailants.
- A hit is a single visit to a website. Our small company has had 78,000 hits on its Internet pages
- {n} a sonnet, song, short musical poem
- {v} to strike, clash, fall upon, succeed, reach the mark
- {n} a stroke, blow, lucky chance, event, game
- 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"
- a dose of a narcotic drug pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
- To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; followed by against or on
- {i} stroke, blow; collision; success, popular event or production; blockbuster, movie which is a gigantic financial success; premeditated killing, murder (Slang)
- kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- {f} strike, beat; collide; come in contact with; reach, arrive at; find; affect strongly
- 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
- 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"
- a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
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- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often with implied chance, or luck
- 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"
- A single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains three graphics, four "hits" would occur at the server: one for the HTML page, and one for each of the three graphics
- To guess; to light upon or discover
- consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
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- If you hit someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your hand. Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard Police at the scene said Dr Mahgoub had been hit several times in the head. = strike
- A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit
- As used in reference to the World Wide Web, “hit” means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 “hits” would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics “hits” are often used as a very rough measure of load on a server, e g “Our server has been getting 300,000 hits per month ” Because each “hit” can represent anything from a request for a tiny document (or even a request for a missing document) all the way to a request that requires some significant extra processing (such as a complex search request), the actual load on a machine from 1 hit is almost impossible to define
- If you hit a particular high or low point on a scale of something such as success or health, you reach it. Oil prices hit record levels yesterday
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- As used in reference to the World Wide Web, 'hit' means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 'hits' would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics 'hits' are often used as a very rough measure of load on a server, e g 'Our server has been getting 300,000 hits per month ' Because each 'hit' can represent anything from a request for a tiny document (or even a request for a missing document) all the way to a request that requires some significant extra processing (such as a complex search request), the actual load on a machine from 1 hit is almost impossible to define
- (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
- cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
- If a CD, film, or play is a hit, it is very popular and successful. The song became a massive hit in 1945. flop
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder's choice
- drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
- As used in reference to the World Wide Web, ?hit? means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 ?hits? would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics See also: Browser, HTML, Server
- An attack on a location
- the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
- A "hit" is a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server For example, a page displaying 3 graphics would require 4 hits: one for the HTML document, and one for each of the 3 graphics "Hits" are often used as a rough measure of load on a server; however, because each hit can represent a request for anything from a tiny document to a complex search request, the actual load on a machine from a single hit is impossible to define
- As used in reference to the World Wide Web, “hit” means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 “hits” would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics “hits” are often used as a very rough measure of load on a server, e g “Our server has been getting 300,000 hits per month ” Because each “hit” can represent anything from a request for a tiny document (or even a request for a missing document) all the way to a request that requires some significant extra processing (such as a complex search request), the actual load on a machine from 1 hit is almost impossible to define
- A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men
- 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"
- gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit 300 in the past season"
- When a feeling or an idea hits you, it suddenly affects you or comes into your mind. It hit me that I had a choice Then the answer hit me. It had been staring me in the face
- to hit the headlines: see headline to hit home: see home to hit the nail on the head: see nail to hit the road: see road to hit the roof: see roof
- If something hits a person, place, or thing, it affects them very badly. The plan to charge motorists £75 a year to use the motorway is going to hit me hard About two-hundred people died in the earthquake which hit northern Peru
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
- To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at)
- hit a home run
- To achieve the best possible result
- hit a home run
- To hit a ball during an at-bat that results in all runners on base and the hitter scoring runs; the best result of an at-bat
- hit a nerve
- Alternative form of touch a nerve
- hit a raw nerve
- Alternative form of touch a nerve
- hit a six
- To hit the ball hard enough to go out of the boundary of the field, thereby scoring the maximum of six runs
- hit a snag
- To encounter an unexpected problem or delay
Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.
- hit above one's weight
- Alternative form of punch above one's weight
- hit and run
- a play in which the baserunners are put in motion before the ball is hit
- hit and run
- the act of hitting something or someone with a vehicle and leaving the scene of the incident
- hit and run
- the act of joining a poker game, quickly winning several hands, then leaving
- hit and runs
- plural form of hit and run
- hit batsman
- A batter who is hit by a pitched ball, and is awarded first base as a result
- hit batsmen
- plural form of hit batsman
- hit below one's weight
- Alternative form of punch below one's weight
- hit counter
- A numerical display on a web page indicating the number of times the page has been accessed
- hit counters
- plural form of hit counter
- hit home
- To do something particularly great
Baked goodies can really hit home with a crowd.
- hit home
- To be especially memorable or meaningful; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated
Do you think the message really hit home with him?.
- hit it and quit it
- To have a sexual encounter for physical gratification, and part company with the other partner immediately thereafter; to have a quickie
Just a quick hit it and quit it. Mason knew she was right, but there was a time for everything, even romance.
- hit it big
- To have great success
I wasn't expecting it to work, but I hit it big when I tried the new approach.
- hit it off
- To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter
Those two are really hitting it off. I wouldn't be surprised if they started dating soon.
- hit list
- A roster of potential victims, especially a list of people to be killed
- hit list
- A similar list of people to be approached for a charitable donation
- hit lists
- plural form of hit list
- hit man
- Someone who kills for a living; a hired assassin
- hit men
- plural form of hit man
- hit on
- To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize; to invent
He hit on a great idea for improving the design.
- hit on
- To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc
That's the third guy that has hit on her tonight.
- hit one out of the ballpark
- To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium
- hit one out of the ballpark
- To produce a spectacular achievement
The Canada Institute, part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has hit one out of the ballpark with its Montreal fundraiser.
- hit one's stride
- to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going
They had a baby just as she was hitting her stride professionally.
- hit one's stride
- when walking or running, to reach a full or comfortable pace
I usually start running slowly for a warm-up and then hit my stride a few minutes into the run.
- hit out
- To react viciously (towards someone/something)
- hit parade
- Many hits in a row scored by one team
That’s going to do it for Smith as Jones joins the hit parade off him.
- hit parade
- A list of the most popular songs at the moment
Elvis joins the hit parade this week with his song “Hound Dog”.
- hit parades
- plural form of hit parade
- hit paydirt
- To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break
With his third novel he finally hit paydirt and wrote a bestseller.
- hit point
- A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character can withstand before it is defeated
- hit points
- plural form of hit point
- hit someone for six
- To hit another person very hard
When he swore at me again, I couldn't hold back. So, I hit him for six.
- hit someone for six
- Be affected in a devastating way by some unexpected news
When I heard about the accident, it hit me for six.
- hit test
- The test used in collision detection to determine whether two objects are touching
- hit tests
- plural form of hit test
- hit the ball twice
- A rule ("law" in cricket) which when invoked results in the dismissal of a batsman (out), whereby the batsman has deliberately hit the ball with his bat a second time for a reason other than to protect his wicket
- hit the ball twice
- Getting out in this manner
- hit the big time
- To become successful and widely known
After years of hard work, they finally hit the big time with their sixth album.
- hit the books
- To study, especially with particular intensity
They go to the beach when they should be hitting the books and then they wonder why they get bad grades.
- hit the bottle
- To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback
He's been hitting the bottle hard since his wife left him.
- hit the bricks
- To travel about, especially on foot
undreds of joggers and walkers from the condos hit the bricks of the Coal Harbor Seawalk starting at 6 a.m. for their morning constitution around Stanley Park.
- hit the bricks
- To leave or depart; to get out
On Friday and Saturday nights, the old-timers who usually populate the enormous room hit the bricks as an army of young people storm the hall to play Cosmic Bingo..
- hit the bricks
- To participate in a workplace strike or other job action; to participate in a public protest, especially one involving picketing
Queens bus driver Mousie Garcia, 30, said she doesn't want a strike but will hit the bricks if the MTA doesn't come through with no-strings-attached raises.
- hit the ceiling
- to be explosively angry. To lose one's temper
When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just hit the ceiling.
- hit the deck
- To drop to a lying or other low position, especially quickly
- hit the gas
- go, go faster
They're gaining on you; you'd better hit the gas, now!.
- hit the ground running
- To begin an activity immediately and with full commitment
Employers these days look for candidates that can hit the ground running, so that they spend less on training.
- hit the hay
- To go to bed
Time to hit the hay, Dave yawned. The bartender called Good-night as Dingwell went out of the swinging doors.
- hit the head
- to urinate or defecate; to go to the bathroom
- hit the headlines
- To appear prominently in the news, especially on the front page
- hit the jackpot
- To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck
- hit the nail on the head
- To identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer
He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.
- hit the net
- To score a goal
- hit the pavement
- To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk
But getting people to hit the pavement is more than just a health concern. . . . unicipalities are looking to combat inner-city decay by keeping the streets flush with pedestrians.
- hit the pavement
- To travel or begin to move in an automobile or other road vehicle
And when we hit the pavement, we found we had covered the last 54 miles in an hour and twenty minutes..
- hit the road
- To leave a place; to go away
It's time for me to hit the road and walk home.
- hit the road
- To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle
If we're gonna make it by sunset, we'd better hit the road.
- hit the rock
- To make a gesture to show celebration, friendship, or to be part of a secret handshake by one person raising their fist so the fist is pointing at the person and the other person lightly punches the fist
- hit the rock
- To use crack cocaine
- hit the rocks
- To be at a low point in one's pursuits
- hit the roof
- to be explosively angry
When I found out he wrecked my brand-new car, I hit the roof.
- hit the sack
- To go to bed
K.P. Arches—Like a housewife who spends a day on the range, a soldier gets tired feet and is eager to hit the sack.
- hit the silk
- To parachute (use a parachute)
With the engine on fire he had to punch out and hit the silk.
- hit the skids
- to fail; decline
After all, if these measures could've succeeded, they would've been implemented five years ago when the world economy hadn't yet hit the skids.
- hit the spot
- To be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right
Some ice cold lemonade would hit the spot on a warm afternoon.
- hit the trail
- To leave or depart
It's time for me to hit the trail and be on my way.
- hit up
- To contact with a request or demand
Why not hit him up for some assistance on the rebuilding project?.
- hit upon
- To think of; to invent; to realize
- hit upon
- To address
He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.
- hit wicket
- A rule which when invoked results in the dismissal of a batsman (out) in which the batsman hits his own wicket either with the bat or his body, usually while attempting to play the ball
- hit-and-miss
- inconsistent, unpredictable, sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing
His choice of jokes is rather hit-and-miss.
- hit-and-run
- The military technique of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react
- hit-and-run
- A play in baseball where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this will give them an advantage
- hit-and-run
- Describing something, usually an accident, in which hit-and-run occurs
- hit-and-run
- The crime of causing an accident, as with a motor vehicle, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility
- hit-by-pitch
- An official scoring play in which a batter is hit by a pitched ball, and is awarded first base as a result. The batter is referred to as a hit batsman
- hit-or-miss
- Inconsistent; unpredictable; erratic
- hit-out
- A match or session, particularly for practice
- hit-out
- A fast gallop
- hit-skip
- To flee from the site of a motor vehicle accident without reporting it to the police or emergency services
- hit the bull's eye
- strike the center of a target, strike or achieve what one was aiming for, be exactly right
- hit the nail on the head
- hit a bullseye, hit the mark, hit it right on the button
- Hit the dirt
- Fall to the ground suddenly to avoid danger
- hit the nail squarely on the head
- (Ev ile ilgili) Express oneself too directly, too plainly, insensitively
- hit the slopes
- 1. Snort a line or many lines of cocaine2. Go skiing
- hit a nerve
- (deyim) Refer to a sensitive topic
- hit a snag
- (deyim) Encounter opposition
- hit bottom
- To be at the very lowest. "In August there was a big supply of corn and the price hit bottom.", "When Johnny failed the exam his spirits hit bottom."
- hit on somebody
- Make especially sexual overtures to
- hit the brick
- (deyim) If you hit the brick when you are trying to achieve something, you reach a situation where you cannot make any more progress
- hit the dirt
- Fall on the ground and take cover under gunfire. "We were told to hit the dirt during the bank robbery."
- hit the nail on the head
- (deyim) Find exactly the right answer
- hit the nail right on the head
- (deyim) to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem.to say something exactly to the point
- hit the poorest
- Affect disadvantaged people
- hit the wall
- (deyim) 1. Reach the point of physical exhaustion during strenuous activity 2. Reach a limiting point or situation at which progress or success ceases3. If you hit the wall when you are trying to achieve something, you reach a situation where you cannot make any more progress
- hit the wall
- (deyim) (of an athlete) experience a sudden loss of energy in a long race
- hit up
- (slang) to hit up for: request. "He hit me up for a loan."
- hit up
- (slang) Inject oneself with drugs, particularly heroin
- Hitler
- Adolf Hitler, German Chancellor and dictator between 1933 and 1945
- Hitler
- A surname of Austrian origin. (alt. forms Hüttler, Hiedler, Hittler; probably related to Czech Hidlar / Hidlarcek)
- Hitler
- An unnecessarily dictatorial person; a little Hitler
- hits
- plural form of hit
- hits
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hit
- hits
- Alternative form of its
- hitter
- Agent noun of hit; one who hits
- hitter
- One who comes up to bat
- hitting
- A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object
Their conflict ended in hitting.
- hitting
- The skill of hitting
The batter's hitting improved with practice.
- hit it off
- (deyim) (hit it off with) Be naturally friendly or well suited
- hit on
- (deyim) (informal) make sexual advances towards
- hit on
- Make especially sexual overtures to
- hit on
- (deyim) If you hit on an idea or a solution to a problem, or hit upon it, you think of it: "After running through the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution."
- hit on
- (deyim) If someone hits on you, they speak or behave in a way that shows they want to have a sexual relationship with you: "She was hitting on me and I was surprised and flattered
- hit upon
- (deyim) If you hit on an idea or a solution to a problem, or hit upon it, you think of it: "After running through the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit upon a solution."
- Hitler
- A unnecessarily dictatorial person; a little Hitler
- Hitler
- A surname of Austrian origin. (alt. spellings Hüttler, Hiedler, Hittler; probably related to Czech Hidlar / Hidlarcek)
- Hitler
- {i} Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), German dictator, leader of the Nazis who believed in the superiority of the Aryan race and brought on World War II in his quest to conquer Europe
- Hitler
- Adolf Hitler, Third Reich leader of the the Nazi party and Chancellor and Führer of Germany during World War II
- Hitler
- Hitler Youth Hitler Jugend Hitler Adolf
- hit back
- If you hit back at someone who has criticized or harmed you, you criticize or harm them in return. The President has hit back at those who have criticised his economic reforms British Rail immediately hit back with their own cheap fares scheme. = strike back
- hit back
- If you hit back when someone hits you, or hit them back, you hit them in return. Some violent men beat up their sons, until the boys are strong enough to hit back If somebody hit me, I'd hit him back
- hit home
- refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!"
- hit home
- refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!
- hit it off
- get along well, be compatible for one another
- hit list
- a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder)
- hit list
- A list of records from the online catalog (STAR GATEWAY or DRA WEB2) matching the information entered for searching It consists of two or more records
- hit list
- If someone has a hit list of people or things, they are intending to take action concerning those people or things. Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages
- hit list
- A list of all objects in a model that are close to the pick geometry
- hit list
- The list of items displayed on a computer screen, representing the matching items found as a result of a successful search in a database or Web search engine This is also known as the "results list" or "search results"
- hit list
- A list of results obtained from an online search
- hit list
- The set of records retrieved by a given search expression
- hit list
- A hit list is a list that someone makes of people they intend to have killed. the names of people, organizations etc that a person or group plans to harm on sb's hit list
- hit list
- A list that contains an entry for each file in a file system eligible for migration, ordered from highest weight (first to be migrated) to lowest (last) This list is generated and used internally by dmmctl(8) You can create a text version of this list by using dmhit(8)
- hit off
- describe or represent accurately; produce readily, produce offhand
- hit on
- If you hit on an idea or a solution to a problem, or hit upon it, you think of it. After running through the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution. = stumble on
- hit on
- pay uninvited and generally unwanted sexual attention to a person
- hit on
- If someone hits on you, they speak or behave in a way that shows they want to have a sexual relationship with you. She was hitting on me and I was surprised and flattered
- hit out
- If you hit out at someone, you try to hit them, although you may miss them. I used to hit out at my husband and throw things at him I had never punched anybody in my life but I hit out and gave him a black eye. = lash out
- hit out
- If you hit out at someone or something, you criticize them strongly because you do not agree with them. The President took the opportunity to hit out at what he sees as foreign interference Brazilian soccer boss Carlos Parreira hit out angrily last night after his side were barred from training at Wembley. = lash out
- hit the books
- study: learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
- hit the hay
- go to bed, go to sleep
- hit the hay
- go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
