verb
To strike
To bump against
To fire in time; said of an internal combustion motor
In baseball, to hit safely
noun
A blow
A popular success
In baseball, a batted ball that cannot be fielded
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See hit in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:
bash, catch, clout, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. (Informal) biff, bop, clip1, wallop. (Slang) belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See attack, strikeTo enter a person's mind:
occur, strike. Idiom: cross one's mind. See happenTo come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly:
catch, hit on (or upon), surprise, take. See surpriseTo return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one:
counter, reciprocate, retaliate, retort, strike back. See attack, forgivenessTo come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly:
catch, surprise, take. (Informal) hit. See surpriseTo reach (a goal or objective):
arrive at, attain, come to, gain, get to. See startA sudden sharp, powerful stroke:
bang, blow2, clout, crack, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. (Informal) bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. (Slang) belt, conk, paste. See attack, strikeA dazzling, often sudden instance of success:
sleeper. (Informal) smash, smash hit, ten-strike, wow. (Slang) boff, boffo, boffola. See thriveAn inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette:
drag, draw, puff, pull. See breathThe crime of murdering someone:
blood, homicide, killing, murder. See helpLearn more about hit