hit
1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) (Freq. 15)
- he came all the way around on Williams' hit
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
feat, effort, exploit
• Hyponyms:
base hit, safety
2. the act of contacting one thing with another (Freq. 2)
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
• Syn:
hitting, striking
• Derivationally related forms:
strike (for: striking), hit (for: hitting)
• Hypernyms:
touch, touching
• Hyponyms:
contusion, crash, smash, bunt, fly,
fly ball, grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper, header,
scorcher, screamer, plunk, plunker
3. a conspicuous success (Freq. 1)
- 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:
smash, smasher, strike, bang
• Hypernyms:
success
• Hyponyms:
blockbuster, megahit, smash hit, sleeper
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
• Derivationally related forms:
collide (for: collision)
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
contact, impinging, striking
5. a dose of a narcotic drug
• Hypernyms:
dose, dosage
6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
• Hypernyms:
murder, slaying, execution
7. a connection made via the internet to another website
- WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
• Hypernyms:
joining, connection, connexion
1. cause to move by striking (Freq. 25)
- hit a ball
• Derivationally related forms:
hitter, hitting
• Hypernyms:
propel, impel
• Hyponyms:
play, foul, cannon, clap, ground out,
toe, shank, pitch, fly, snap, whang,
undercut, putt, heel, bunker, bounce, backhand,
pop, follow through, shell, ground, top, pull,
kill, connect, drive, hole, hole out, bunt,
drag a bunt, snick, racket, dribble, carry, slice,
hook, single, double, triple, smash, shoot,
volley, croquet, loft
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s
- The children hit the ball
2. hit against;
come into sudden contact with (Freq. 21)
- The car hit a tree
- He struck the table with his elbow
• Syn:
strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Ant:
miss
• Derivationally related forms:
strike (for: strike), striker (for: strike), striking (for: strike), hitting
• Hypernyms:
touch
• Hyponyms:
stub, ping, spang, bang, rear-end,
broadside, connect, spat, thud, bottom, bottom out,
bump, knock, run into, bump into, jar against, butt against,
knock against, collide, clash, glance
• Verb Group:
strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The car hits the tree
3. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument (Freq. 18)
- He hit her hard in the face
• Derivationally related forms:
hitting
• Hypernyms:
touch
• Hyponyms:
clap, slam, bang, lam into, tear into,
lace into, pitch into, lay into, kick, swipe, smite,
hook, swat, sock, bop, whop, whap,
bonk, bash, bean, pop, get, catch,
conk, cosh, brain, smash, nail, boom,
blast, crack, sandbag, stun, bat, cut,
thump, pound, poke, smack, thwack, belt,
punch, plug, slug, slog, swig, whack,
wham, wallop, pummel, pommel, biff, buffet,
buff, box, club, bludgeon, cudgel, fustigate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- The fighter managed to hit his opponent
4. reach a destination, either real or abstract (Freq. 9)
- 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, arrive at, gain
• Derivationally related forms:
attainment (for: attain)
• Hyponyms:
catch up, scale, surmount, access, get at,
bottom out, top out, peak, summit, breast, top,
top, find, culminate, get through, come through,
ground, run aground
• Verb Group:
make
• Entailment:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They hit the water
5. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely (Freq. 8)
- We were hit by really bad weather
- He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager
- The earthquake struck at midnight
• Syn:
strike
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Verb Group:
strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: strike)
- The wind storms hit the area with dust and dirt
6. hit with a missile from a weapon (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
shoot, pip
• Derivationally related forms:
hitting, shoot (for: shoot), shooter (for: shoot)
• Hypernyms:
injure, wound
• Hyponyms:
gun down, grass, kneecap
• Verb Group:
blast, shoot, pip, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. encounter by chance (Freq. 3)
- I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
• Syn:
stumble
• Hypernyms:
come by, come into
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
8. gain points in a game (Freq. 3)
- The home team scored many times
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
• Syn:
score, tally, rack up
• Derivationally related forms:
tally (for: tally), score (for: score), scorer (for: score)
• Hypernyms:
gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway,
get ahead, gain ground
• Hyponyms:
par, shoot, convert, homer, kick,
eagle, hole up, ace, walk, equalize, equalise,
get even, have, get, make
• Entailment:
compete, vie, contend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
9. cause to experience suddenly (Freq. 2)
- 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:
strike, come to
• Verb Group:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
10. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
strike (for: strike)
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Hyponyms:
slice, chop, stroke, retaliate, strike back
• Verb Group:
shoot, pip, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
11. 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, attain
• Derivationally related forms:
attainment (for: attain)
• Hypernyms:
arrive, get, come
• Hyponyms:
max out, break even
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
12. kill intentionally and with premeditation
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
• Syn:
murder, slay, dispatch, bump off, off,
polish off, remove
• Derivationally related forms:
dispatch (for: dispatch), slayer (for: slay), slaying (for: slay), murder (for: murder), murderer (for: murder)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Hyponyms:
burke, execute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot hit Sue
13. drive something violently into a location
- he hit his fist on the table
- she struck her head on the low ceiling
• Syn:
strike
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
smash
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
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
• Hypernyms:
touch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
15. consume to excess
- hit the bottle
• Hypernyms:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
16. hit the intended target or goal
• Derivationally related forms:
hitting
• Hypernyms:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Entailment:
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- He tries to hit on women in bars
• Hypernyms:
approach
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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