hit

hit¹ W2S1 [hıt] v past tense and past participle hit present participle hitting

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1¦(touch somebody/something hard)¦

2¦(crash into something)¦

3¦(hurt yourself)¦

4¦(sport)¦

5¦(press)¦

6¦(attack)¦

7¦(affect badly)¦

8¦(have problems)¦

9¦(reach a level/number)¦

10¦(realize)¦

11¦(smell/sight etc)¦

12¦(arrive)¦

13 hit the road/trail

14 hit the shops/streets

15 hit the headlines

16 hit the bottle

17 hit the dirt/the deck

18 hit a (brick) wall

19 hit the buffers/skids

20 hit somebody when they are down

21 hit somebody where it hurts

22 hit it off (with somebody)

23 hit the big time

24 hit the ground running

25 hit the jackpot

26 hit the nail on the head

27 hit home

28 hit the spot

29 hit the roof/ceiling

30 hit the sack

Phrasal verbs

　hit back

　hit on somebody/something

　hit out

　hit out at somebody/something

　hit somebody with something

　hit somebody up for something

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[Date: 1000-1100; : Old Norse; Origin: hitta 'to find, hit']

1.) ¦(TOUCH SOMEBODY/SOMETHING HARD)¦ [T]

to touch someone or something quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc

▪ He raised the hammer and hit the bell.

hit sb/sth with sth

▪ The robbers hit him over the head with a baseball bat.

2.) ¦(CRASH INTO SOMETHING)¦ [T]

to move into something or someone quickly and with force

▪ The tanks exploded as the plane hit the ground.

▪ He was taken to hospital after being hit by a car.

3.) ¦(HURT YOURSELF)¦ [T]

to move a part of your body quickly against something accidentally, causing pain

= ↑bang

▪ The ceiling's low, so be careful you don't hit your head.

hit sth on/against sth

▪ She slipped and hit her head on the sidewalk.

4.) ¦(SPORT)¦ [T]

a) if you hit a ball or other object, you make it move forward quickly by hitting it with a ↑bat, stick etc

= ↑strike

▪ Hit the ball as hard as you can.

b) to get points by hitting a ball in a game such as ↑baseball or ↑cricket

▪ Last year, Griffey hit 49 home runs.

5.) ¦(PRESS)¦ [T] informal

to press a part in a machine, car, etc to make it work

▪ Maria hit the brakes just in time.

6.) ¦(ATTACK)¦ [T]

to attack something or wound someone with a bomb, bullet etc

▪ Our ship was badly hit and sank within minutes.

▪ A second shot hit her in the back.

▪ The bomb failed to hit its target .

7.) ¦(AFFECT BADLY)¦ [I and T]

if something bad hits a place or a person, it suddenly happens and affects people badly

▪ The village has been hit by a devastating drought.

▪ Hurricane Louis is expected to hit at the weekend.

be badly/severely/hard hit

▪ The company has been hard hit by the drop in consumer confidence.

▪ The south of the country is the worst hit by the recession.

8.) ¦(HAVE PROBLEMS)¦ [T]

to experience trouble, problems etc

hit a snag/problems/a bad patch etc

▪ My father hit a bad patch, he had to sell the house.

9.) ¦(REACH A LEVEL/NUMBER)¦ [T]

to reach a particular level or number

▪ Sales have hit the 1 million mark .

hit a peak/an all-time high etc

▪ Earnings hit a peak in the early 1980s.

hit rock-bottom/an all-time low etc

▪ Oil prices have hit rock-bottom.

10.)¦(REALIZE)¦ [T]

if a fact hits you, you suddenly realize its importance and feel surprised or shocked

▪ It's impossible to pinpoint a moment when it hit me that I was 'a success'.

▪ He was gone before they knew what had hit them (=realized what had happened) .

11.) ¦(SMELL/SIGHT ETC)¦ [T]

if a smell or sight hits you, you suddenly smell or see it

▪ The smell of stale smoke hit him as he entered.

12.) ¦(ARRIVE)¦ [T] informal

to arrive at a place

▪ They hit the main road two kilometres further on.

hit town AmE

▪ I'll look for work as soon as I hit town.

13.) hit the road/trail informal

to begin a journey

14.) hit the shops/streets

if a product hits the shops, it becomes available to buy

▪ I managed to get a copy of the book before it hit the shops.

15.) hit the headlines

to be reported widely on television, in newspapers etc

▪ The couple hit the headlines last year when their relationship broke down.

16.) hit the bottle informal

to start drinking too much alcohol regularly

▪ After his marriage failed, he hit the bottle big time.

17.) hit the dirt/the deck informal

to fall to the ground in order to avoid something dangerous

▪ My first instinct was to hit the dirt.

18.) hit a (brick) wall informal

to suddenly not be able to make any progress

▪ I felt I'd hit a wall with my playing.

19.) hit the buffers/skids informal

if a plan, project etc hits the buffers, it fails

▪ Croft's comeback hit the skids yesterday when she lost in the quarter-finals.

20.) hit sb when they are down informal

to upset or harm someone when they are already defeated

21.) hit sb where it hurts informal

to do something that you know will upset someone in the most damaging way

▪ You should hit your husband where it hurts - in his wallet!

22.) hit it off (with sb) informal if two people hit it off, they like each other as soon as they meet

▪ I knew you'd hit it off with Mike.

23.) hit the big time

hit it big AmE informal to suddenly become very famous, successful, and rich

▪ The 25-year-old painter hopes to hit it big in New York.

24.) hit the ground running

to start doing something successfully without any delay

▪ Law graduates are expected to hit the ground running.

25.) hit the jackpot

a) to win a lot of money

b) to have a big success

▪ Owens hit the jackpot in his first professional game with the Cowboys.

26.) hit the nail on the head informal

used to say that what someone has said is exactly right

▪ You've hit the nail on the head there, David.

27.) hit home

a) if a remark, criticism etc about you hits home, you realize that it is true

▪ Graham didn't reply, but she could see her words had hit home.

b) if a blow or kick hits home, it hits the thing it is aimed at

28.) hit the spot informal

to have exactly the good effect that you wanted, especially when you are hungry or thirsty

29.) hit the roof/ceiling informal

to be very angry

▪ Ranieri returned, saw the mess, and hit the roof.

30.)hit the sack

hit the hay AmE informal to go to bed

→the shit hits the fan at ↑shit² (17)

→hit/strike paydirt at ↑paydirt

hit back phr v

to attack or criticize a person or group that has attacked or criticized you

= ↑retaliate hit back at

▪ The actress hit back at claims that she had threatened a member of staff.

hit back with

▪ United were a goal down, but hit back with an equalizer.

hit back by doing sth

▪ He hit back by calling his critics 'lazy'.

hit on / [hit on sb/sth] phr v

1.) also hit upon sth

to have an idea or discover something suddenly or unexpectedly

= ↑come up with

▪ Then we hit on the idea of asking viewers to donate money over the Net.

2.) AmE informal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them

▪ Dave has hit on most of the women in the department.

hit out phr v

to try to hit someone

▪ When he felt someone grab him, he hit out wildly.

hit out at / [hit out at sb/sth] phr v

also hit out against sb/sth

to express strong disapproval of someone or something

= ↑attack

▪ The bishop hit out at the government's policy on the homeless.

hit with [hit sb with sth] phr v

1.) to tell someone something interesting, exciting, or shocking

▪ The next morning, Steve hit me with the truth.

2.) AmE to punish or try to harm someone by doing something that will cause problems for them

▪ The next day, we found they'd hit us with a lawsuit.

hit up for [hit sb up for sth] phr v

to ask someone for money

▪ Did he hit you up for cash again?

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WORD FOCUS: hit

with your fist: punch, thump, bash

with your open hand as a punishment: smack, spank, slap

with a hammer: bang, hammer

in order to get attention: bang, knock, tap, hammer

accidentally: bump into, crash into, strike, bang, knock, collide (with)

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hit ²

hit² S3 n

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1¦(successful)¦

2¦(hit something)¦

3¦(computer)¦

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1.) ¦(SUCCESSFUL)¦

something such as a film, play, song etc that is very popular and successful

a hit single/show/record etc

▪ the hit musical 'Phantom of the Opera'

a big/smash/number 1 etc hit

▪ the Beatles' greatest hits

▪ Which band had a hit with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?

be a hit with sb

(=be liked by them)

▪ It's hoped the new museum will be a big hit with families.

2.) ¦(HIT SOMETHING)¦

an occasion when something that is aimed at something else touches it, reaches it, or damages it

▪ Our ship took a direct hit and sank.

3.) ¦(COMPUTER)¦

a) an occasion when someone visits a website

▪ The site had 2,000 hits in the first week.

b) a result of a computer search, especially on the Internet

▪ thousands of irrelevant hits

4.) informal a feeling of pleasure obtained from taking an illegal drug

5.) informal a murder that has been arranged to happen

→↑hit man