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Meaning of hit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hit
      n 1: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest
           (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on
           Williams' hit"
      2: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated
         hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she
         finally got a hit" [syn: {hit}, {hitting}, {striking}]
      3: 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" [syn: {hit},
         {smash}, {smasher}, {strike}, {bang}]
      4: (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come
         together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an
         exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn:
         {collision}, {hit}]
      5: a dose of a narcotic drug
      6: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all
         the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
      7: a connection made via the internet to another website;
         "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
      v 1: cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
      2: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a
         tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: {hit},
         {strike}, {impinge on}, {run into}, {collide with}] [ant:
         {miss}]
      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"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made
         it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before
         the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {make}, {attain}, {hit},
         {arrive at}, {gain}]
      5: 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"
         [syn: {hit}, {strike}]
      6: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: {shoot}, {hit}, {pip}]
      7: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin
         last night in a restaurant" [syn: {stumble}, {hit}]
      8: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He
         hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn:
         {score}, {hit}, {tally}, {rack up}]
      9: 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" [syn: {hit}, {strike}, {come to}]
      10: 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" [syn: {strike}, {hit}]
      11: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
          ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: {murder}, {slay}, {hit},
          {dispatch}, {bump off}, {off}, {polish off}, {remove}]
      12: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist
          on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
          [syn: {hit}, {strike}]
      13: 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" [syn: {reach}, {hit}, {attain}]
      14: 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" [syn: {strike}, {hit}]
      15: consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
      16: hit the intended target or goal
      17: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
          "He tries to hit on women in bars"

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