1. (noun)hit (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
2. (noun)hit, hitting, striking the act of contacting one thing with another "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
3. (noun)hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang 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"
4. (noun)collision, hit (physics) a briefevent in which two or more bodies come together "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
9. (verb)hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with hit against; come into sudden contact with "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
10. (verb)hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument "He hit her hard in the face"
11. (verb)reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain 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"
12. (verb)hit, strike affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
13. (verb)shoot, hit, pip hit with a missile from a weapon
14. (verb)stumble, hit encounter by chance "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
15. (verb)score, hit, tally, rack up gain points in a game "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
16. (verb)hit, strike, come to cause to experience suddenly "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
17. (verb)strike, hit 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"
18. (verb)murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove kill intentionally and with premeditation "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
19. (verb)hit, strike drive something violently into a location "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
20. (verb)reach, hit, attain reach a point in time, or a certain state or level "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
21. (verb)strike, hit 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"
1. (verb)hit to strike with force I can't believe she just hit me.; Boys, don't hit!; The ball hit her on the head.; Hit the nail with the hammer.
2. hit to have a bad effect on The area has been badly hit by unemployment.; a few hours before the hurricane hit
3. hit (of an idea or thought) to suddenly come into sb's mind The thought hit her that she would never see her father again.
4. hit to press a button Type your email and then hit enter.
5. hit hit home to begin to seem real or relevant Years later, my parents' advice finally hit home.
6. hit hit it off to like sb when you firstmeet them We hit it off immediately.
7. hit sth hits the spot indicates that sth is what you need or want A glass of cold lemonade would hit the spot.
8. hit hit the jackpot to havegreat success The company hit the jackpot with their latest video game.
9. hit hit the road to leave on a trip It's time to hit the road.
10. hit hit the nail on the head to be exactly right You hit the nail on the head with your first answer.
11. hit hit the roof/ceiling to react very angrily Mom'll hit the roof if she finds out what I did.
12. (noun)hit sb or sth that is very successful or very popular The TV series was a big hit with kids.
13. hit a strike or act of hitting a hard hit to the body
14. hit an instance when sb looks at a website The new site has had over 3,000 hits already.
15. hit take a hit to be affected negatively The company's stock prices took a hit after the scandal.
16. (adjective)hit very popular the band's new hit song
Definition of 'HIT'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)HIT a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything
2. (noun)HIT a stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit
3. (noun)HIT a peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit
4. (noun)HIT a game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon
5. (noun)HIT a striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit
6. HIT it
7. HIT 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth
8. HIT of Hit
9. (verb)HIT to reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at)
10. (verb)HIT 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
11. (verb)HIT to guess; to light upon or discover
12. (verb)HIT to take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point
13. (verb)HIT to meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on
14. (verb)HIT to meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck
Sense: to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!
Definitions of HIT 
Afrikaans: tref, stamp, slaan, moker
Arabic: يَضرُب
Bulgarian: удрям
Brazilian: bater
Czech: udeřit se
German: schlagen, treffen
Danish: slå; ramme
Greek: χτυπώ
Spanish: golpear, pegar, chocar
Estonian: lööma
Farsi: زدن
Finnish: osua
French: frapper
Hebrew: לִפגוֹעַ
Hindi: प्रहार करना
Croatian: udariti, sudariti se
Hungarian: (meg)üt
Indonesian: menghantam, mengenai
Icelandic: slá, kÿla; rekast á, skel
Italian: colpire, battere
Japanese: 打つ
Korean: 치다, 때리다
Lithuanian: trenkti, suduoti
Latvian: []sist; atsist; atsisties
Malay: mengenai; melanggar; memu
Dutch: raken, treffen
Norwegian: slå, kollidere, treffe, r
Polish: uderzyć
Persian: زدن
Pashto: وهل
Portuguese: bater
Romanian: a lovi, a răni
Russian: ударять(ся)
Slovak: udrieť (sa); naraziť; vra
Slovenian: udariti, zadeti
Serbian: udariti
Swedish: träffa, slå, köra (krocka
Thai: กระแทก; ชน
Turkish: vurmak,çar(pış)mak
Taiwanese: 打，打擊
Ukrainian: ударяти
Urdu: مارنا
Vietnamese: đánh, đấm, nện
Chinese: 打，打击
