Hit definition

Hit as a verb

1. cause to move by striking

   "hit a ball"

2. hit against; come into sudden contact with

   "The car hit a tree"

   Same sense: run into, strike, collide with, impinge on

3. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

   "He hit her hard in the face"

4. reach a destination, either real or abstract

   "We hit Detroit by noon"

   Same sense: make, reach, gain, arrive at, attain

5. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

   "We were hit by really bad weather"

   Same sense: strike

6. hit with a missile from a weapon

   Same sense: shoot, pip

7. encounter by chance

   Same sense: stumble

8. cause to experience suddenly

   "An interesting idea hit her"

   Same sense: come to, strike

9. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

   Same sense: strike

10. kill intentionally and with premeditation

    Same sense: off, murder, remove, polish off, bump off, dispatch, slay

11. drive something violently into a location

    "he hit his fist on the table"

    Same sense: strike

12. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

    "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"

    Same sense: reach, attain

13. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

    Same sense: strike

14. hit the intended target or goal

15. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

    "He tries to hit on women in bars"

Hit as a noun

16. (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)

    "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

17. the act of contacting one thing with another

    "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"

    Same sense: hitting, striking

18. a conspicuous success

    "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"

    Same sense: strike, bang, smash, smasher

19. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

    Same sense: collision

20. a dose of a narcotic drug

21. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

    "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

22. a connection made via the internet to another website

    "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"

Synonyms and antonyms

• run into
• strike
• collide with
• impinge on
• make definition
• reach
• gain
• arrive at
• attain
• shoot
• pip
• stumble
• come to
• off
• murder
• remove
• polish off
• bump off
• dispatch
• slay
• hitting
• striking
• bang
• smash

Opposite: miss.

All synonyms of hit, sense by sense

How to say hit

Hit has 1 syllable and rhymes with it. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with hit

• it
• bit
• fit
• sit
• split
• admit
• quit
• kit
• commit
• submit
• pit
• permit

HIT in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

5

Anagrams

0

Is HIT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check HIT in the word checker, or unscramble HIT to see the shorter words in its letters.