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English noun: hit | |||
| 1. | hit (act) (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) | ||
| Samples | He came all the way around on Williams' hit. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | effort, exploit, feat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | base hit, safety | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
| 2. | hit (act) the act of contacting one thing with another | ||
| Samples | Repeated hitting raised a large bruise. After three misses she finally got a hit. | ||
| Synonyms | hitting, striking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch, touching | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bunt, contusion, crash, fly, fly ball, ground ball, groundball, grounder, header, hopper, plunk, plunker, scorcher, screamer, smash | ||
| 3. | hit (act) a conspicuous success | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bang, smash, smasher, strike | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | success | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blockbuster, megahit, sleeper, smash hit | ||
| 4. | hit (event) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | ||
| Samples | The collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction. | ||
| Synonyms | collision | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contact, impinging, striking | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 5. | hit (artifact) a dose of a narcotic drug | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dosage, dose | ||
| 6. | hit (act) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate | ||
| Samples | It has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | execution, murder, slaying | ||
| 7. | hit (act) a connection made via the internet to another website | ||
| Samples | WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connection, connexion, joining | ||
English verb: hit | |||
| 1. | hit (contact) cause to move by striking | ||
| Samples | Hit a ball. | ||
| Examples | The children hit the ball | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impel, propel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backhand, bounce, bunker, bunt, cannon, carry, clap, connect, croquet, double, drag a bunt, dribble, drive, drive, fly, follow through, foul, ground, ground, ground out, heel, hole, hole out, hook, kill, kill, loft, pitch, play, pop, pull, putt, racket, shank, shell, shoot, single, slice, smash, snap, snick, toe, toe, top, triple, undercut, volley, whang | ||
| 2. | hit (contact) hit against; come into sudden contact with | ||
| Samples | The car hit a tree. He struck the table with his elbow. | ||
| Examples | The car hits the tree | ||
| Synonyms | collide with, impinge on, run into, strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bang, bottom, bottom out, broadside, bump, bump into, butt against, clash, collide, connect, glance, jar against, knock, knock against, ping, rear-end, run into, spang, spat, stub, thud | ||
| Verb group | strike | ||
| Antonyms | miss | ||
| 3. | hit (contact) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | ||
| Samples | He hit her hard in the face. | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to hit his opponent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bang, bash, bat, bat, bat, bean, belt, biff, blast, bludgeon, bonk, boom, bop, box, brain, buff, buffet, catch, clap, club, conk, cosh, crack, cudgel, cut, fustigate, get, hook, kick, lace into, lam into, lay into, nail, pitch into, plug, poke, pommel, pop, pound, pummel, punch, sandbag, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, sock, stun, swat, swig, swipe, tear into, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whop, whop | ||
| 4. | hit (motion) reach a destination, either real or abstract | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They hit the water | ||
| Synonyms | arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | access, bottom out, breast, catch up, come through, culminate, find, get at, get through, ground, make, peak, run aground, scale, summit, surmount, top, top out | ||
| Entail | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 5. | hit (contact) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | ||
| Samples | We were hit by really bad weather. He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager. The earthquake struck at midnight. | ||
| Examples | The wind storms hit the area with dust and dirt | ||
| Synonyms | strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | ||
| Verb group | hit, strike | ||
| 6. | hit (competition) hit with a missile from a weapon | ||
| Synonyms | pip, shoot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | injure, wound | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | grass, gun down, kneecap | ||
| Verb group | blast, hit, pip, shoot, shoot, strike | ||
| 7. | hit (possession) encounter by chance | ||
| Samples | I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant. | ||
| Synonyms | stumble | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come by, come into | ||
| 8. | hit (competition) gain points in a game | ||
| Samples | The home team scored many times. He hit a home run. He hit .300 in the past season. | ||
| Synonyms | rack up, score, tally | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ace, convert, convert, convert, eagle, equalise, equalize, get, get even, have, hole up, homer, kick, make, par, shoot, walk | ||
| Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
| 9. | hit (perception) cause to experience suddenly | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | come to, strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Verb group | affect, impress, move, strike | ||
| 10. | hit (competition) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, attack | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chop, retaliate, slice, strike back, stroke | ||
| Verb group | hit, hit, pip, shoot, strike | ||
| 11. | hit (social) kill intentionally and with premeditation | ||
| Samples | The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot hit Sue | ||
| Synonyms | bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burke, execute | ||
| 12. | hit (motion) drive something violently into a location | ||
| Samples | He hit his fist on the table. She struck her head on the low ceiling. | ||
| Synonyms | strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | smash | ||
| 13. | hit (motion) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | ||
| Samples | The thermometer hit 100 degrees. This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour. | ||
| Synonyms | attain, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive, come, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break even, max out | ||
| 14. | hit (contact) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically | ||
| Samples | The pianist strikes a middle C. Strike `z' on the keyboard. Her comments struck a sour note. | ||
| Synonyms | strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch | ||
| 15. | hit (consumption) consume to excess | ||
| Samples | Hit the bottle. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
| 16. | hit (competition) hit the intended target or goal | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win | ||
| Entail | aim, direct, take, take aim, train | ||
| 17. | hit (communication) pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to | ||
| Samples | He tries to hit on women in bars. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approach | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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