hit
hit
hÉĒt
hit
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hit"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to strike someone or something with force using one's hand or an object
Transitive: to hit sb/sth
to hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer hit his opponent with a powerful punch.
āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϘ⧁āώāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

(of a projectile or its shooter) to strike a target and cause injury or damage
Transitive: to hit a target
to hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sniper fired a shot and hit the enemy soldier.
āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāχāĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to accidentally strike a part of our body against something
Transitive: to hit a part of one's body on sth | to hit a part of one's body against sth
to hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Be careful not to hit your elbow on the doorframe.
āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āύ⧁āχ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύāĨ¤
1.3

āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to press or touch something such as a switch, button, or key in order to make a machine, device, etc. do a particular thing
Transitive: to hit a switch or button
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I hit the " send " button on my phone to text her.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇ "āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ" āĻŦāĻžāϟāύ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
1.4

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to crash into someone or something causing injury or damage
Transitive: to hit sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car hit the tree, but luckily no one was hurt.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āϕ⧇āω āφāĻšāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
02

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to make a ball move by striking it with a stick, bat, etc.
Transitive: to hit a ball
to hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He hit the golf ball straight down the fairway.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āϞāĻĢ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gain points in a sport by striking a ball
Transitive: to hit points
to hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baseball player hit a home run, earning several runs for his team.
āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‹āĻŽ āϰāĻžāύ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to attack someone or something in order to rob or kill them
Transitive: to hit sb/sth
to hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gang decided to hit the rival mob's hideout at midnight.
āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€ āĻŽāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž

to realize something in a sudden way
Transitive: to hit sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It hit her that we were running out of time to catch the train.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ

to experience or encounter something, particularly something bad
Transitive: to hit an undesirable situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When he was hiking, he hit bad weather in the mountains.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
5.1

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to affect someone or something, especially in a bad way
Transitive: to hit sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The news of the accident hit her like a ton of bricks.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ• āϟāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach a specific point, level, or amount
Transitive: to hit a level or an amount
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stock market hit a new high last week.
āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟ āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
6.1

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to get to or reach a particular place
Transitive: to hit a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We hit the beach just in time to see the sunrise.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
6.2

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āĻšāĻŦ⧇

to become largely available to be bought
Transitive: to hit a market
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This exciting video game is hitting the market just in time for the holiday season.
āĻāχ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϗ⧇āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to satisfy or please greatly, often used to describe something that is very successful or well-received
Approving
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His performance in the play hit all the right notes.
āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύ⧋āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻšāĻŋāϟ, āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ

something, such as a movie, play, song, etc. that is very popular and successful
hit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist 's exhibition was a hit, attracting thousands of visitors.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻšāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āϕ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻĢāϞ āφāϘāĻžāϤ, āĻšāĻŋāϟ

(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
03

āĻšāĻŋāϟ, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ

someone or something that is extremely popular
04

āφāϘāĻžāϤ, āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ

the act of striking or making contact with something, usually with force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer ’s powerful hit knocked his opponent down.
āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ•

a connection made via the internet to another website
06

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§‹āϜ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϘāĻžāϤ

a dose of a narcotic drug
07

āφāϘāĻžāϤ, āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ

(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
08

āϟāĻžāύāĻž, āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

taking another card from the deck or discard pile, typically with the goal of improving one's hand or achieving a certain combination of cards

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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