Hit
Definition of Hit
pron. | 1. | It. | 3d pers. s | 1. | 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth. | v. t. | 1. | To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). | | 2. | 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.There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. - Dryden. | | 3. | To guess; to light upon or discover. | | 4. | (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; - said of a single unprotected piece on a point. | v. i. | 1. | To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; - followed by against or on. | | 2. | To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, - often with implied chance, or luck. | n. | 1. | A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. | | 2. | A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit; | | 3. | A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit. | | 4. | A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon. | | 5. | (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; - sometimes used specifically for a base hit. | | 6. | An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin. |
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