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Hit

//hɪt//

Definitions

verbhits · hitting · hit · hat · het · hitten

1
To strike.
One boy hit the other.
Similar
beat
2
To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
I hit the jackpot.
Opposite
miss
3
To switch on or switch off (lights).
Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!

nounhits · HITs

1
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
So he the fam'd Cilician fencer prais'd, / And, at each hit, with wonder seem'd amaz'd.
2
Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.

adj

1
Very successful.
The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

pron

1
It.
But how hit was to come about didn't appear.

name

1
A city in Iraq.

Word Origin

From Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hitt...

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