· (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

Hypernym(s): feat, effort, exploit

· the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

Synonym(s): hitting, striking

Hypernym(s): touch, touching

· a conspicuous success; "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"

Synonym(s): smash, smasher, strike, bang

Hypernym(s): success

· (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

Synonym(s): collision

Hypernym(s): contact, impinging, striking

· a dose of a narcotic drug

Hypernym(s): dose, dosage

· a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

Hypernym(s): murder, slaying, execution

· a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"

Hypernym(s): joining, connection, connexion

· cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

Hypernym(s): propel, impel

· hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

Synonym(s): strike, impinge_on, run_into, collide_with

Hypernym(s): touch

Antonym(s): miss

· deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

Hypernym(s): touch

· 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"

Synonym(s): reach, make, attain, arrive_at, gain

· 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"

Synonym(s): strike

Hypernym(s): affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch

· hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonym(s): shoot, pip

Hypernym(s): injure, wound

· encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

Synonym(s): stumble

Hypernym(s): come_by, come_into

· gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

Synonym(s): score, tally, rack_up

Hypernym(s): gain, advance, win, pull_ahead, make_headway, get_ahead, gain_ground

· 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"

Synonym(s): strike, come_to

· 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"

Synonym(s): strike

Hypernym(s): attack, assail

· kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

Synonym(s): murder, slay, dispatch, bump_off, off, polish_off, remove

Hypernym(s): kill

· drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

Synonym(s): strike

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· 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"

Synonym(s): reach, attain

Hypernym(s): arrive, get, come

· produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"

Synonym(s): strike

Hypernym(s): touch

· hit the intended target or goal

Hypernym(s): succeed, win, come_through, bring_home_the_bacon, deliver_the_goods

· pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"

Hypernym(s): approach