"hitting" in the noun sense

1. hit, hitting, striking

the act of contacting one thing with another

"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"

"after three misses she finally got a hit"

"hitting" in the verb sense

1. hit

cause to move by striking

"hit a ball"

2. hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with

hit against come into sudden contact with

"The car hit a tree"

"He struck the table with his elbow"

3. hit

deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

"He hit her hard in the face"

4. reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

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"

5. hit, strike

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"

6. shoot, hit, pip

hit with a missile from a weapon

7. stumble, hit

encounter by chance

"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

8. score, hit, tally, rack up

gain points in a game

"The home team scored many times"

"He hit a home run"

"He hit .300 in the past season"

9. hit, strike, come to

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"

10. strike, hit

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"

11. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

kill intentionally and with premeditation

"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

12. hit, strike

drive something violently into a location

"he hit his fist on the table"

"she struck her head on the low ceiling"

13. reach, hit, attain

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"

14. strike, hit

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

"The pianist strikes a middle C"

"strike `z' on the keyboard"

15. hit

hit the intended target or goal

16. hit

pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

"He tries to hit on women in bars"

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