American English pronunciation
How to pronounce hits
IPA transcription: ['hɪts]
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Noun
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(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
“he came all the way around on Williams' hit”
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(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”
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the act of contacting one thing with another
“repeated hitting raised a large bruise”
“after three misses she finally got a hit”
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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”
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a dose of a narcotic drug
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a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
“it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit”
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a connection made via the internet to another website
“WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide”
Verb
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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”
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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”
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hit against; come into sudden contact with
“The car hit a tree”
“He struck the table with his elbow”
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hit with a missile from a weapon
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cause to move by striking
“hit a ball”
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gain points in a game
“The home team scored many times”
“He hit a home run”
“He hit .300 in the past season”
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deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
“He hit her hard in the face”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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kill intentionally and with premeditation
“The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
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encounter by chance
“I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant”
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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”
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drive something violently into a location
“he hit his fist on the table”
“she struck her head on the low ceiling”
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consume to excess
“hit the bottle”
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hit the intended target or goal
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pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
“He tries to hit on women in bars”
Usage examples
- A person hanging from a parachute makes a splash as their body hits the water.
- Add LaTour to my playlist underground hits.
- The sheriff hits Canfield Junior on the head, sending him to the hospital.
- Play the greatest hits by Inoj.
- After he realizes the deception, she hits him with an energy blast.
- The lyrics refer to two previous hits by Berry, "Maybellene" and "Wee Wee Hours".
- It is a well-known village of Pandits and Purohits.
- Phipps was also the drummer on Liquid Gold's hits which included "Dance Yourself Dizzy".
- Both songs were hits.
- There are hundreds of compilations and greatest hits of Roy Orbison released internationally.