The Meaning of hit

• (pron.) It.
• () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
• (imp. & p. p.) of Hit
• (v. t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To guess; to light upon or discover.
• (v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
• (v. i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
• (v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
• (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
• (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
• (n.) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
• (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
• (n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.

Synonyms

hitting , striking , smash , smasher , strike , bang , collision , strike , impinge on , run into , collide with , reach , make , attain , arrive at , gain , strike , shoot , pip , stumble , score , tally , rack up , strike , come to , strike , murder , slay , dispatch , bump off , off , polish off , remove , strike , reach , attain , strike

Antonyms

miss

Homophones

hitt

Rhymes

acquit , admit , armpit , barritt , befit , bit , boblitt , brit , britt , bullshit , burditt , chit , clampitt , cockpit , commit , counterfeit , dewitt , dewitte , douthit , douthitt , emit , fit , fitt , flit , fytte , gillett , goldschmidt , grit , hitt , hypocrite , identikit , it , it-wit , kit , knit , lafitte , legit , lit , litt , mcnitt , messerschmitt , misfit , mitt , moonlit , nit , obit , omit , outfit , outwit , permit , pit , pitt , plitt , politte , presplit , pritt , quit , readmit , recommit , remit , resubmit , retrofit , savitt , schmidt , schmit , schmitt , shit , sit , skit , slit , smit , spit , split , stitt , submit , sunlit , tidbit , tit , transmit , tritt , unfit , vitt , whit , whitt , wit , witt , witte , writ