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[1] to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
[2] to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like: The car hit the tree.
[3] to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the bullet hit him?
[4] to succeed in striking: With his final shot he hit the mark.
[5] Baseball . to make (a base hit): He hit a single and a home run. bat1(def 12) .
[6] to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green.
[7] to have a marked effect or influence on; affect severely: We were all hit by the change in management.
[8] to assail effectively and sharply (often followed by out ): The speech hits out at warmongering.
[9] to request or demand of: He hit me for a loan.
[10] to reach or attain (a specified level or amount): Prices are expected to hit a new low. The new train can hit 100 mph.
[11] to be published in or released to; appear in: When will this report hit the papers? What will happen when the story hits the front page?
[12] to land on or arrive in: The troops hit the beach at 0800. When does Harry hit town?
[13] to give (someone) another playing card, drink, portion, etc.: If the dealer hits me with an ace, I'll win the hand. Bartender, hit me again.
[14] to come or light upon; meet with; find: to hit the right road.
[15] to agree with; suit exactly: I'm sure this purple shirt will hit Alfred's fancy.
[16] to solve or guess correctly; come upon the right answer or solution: You've hit it!
[17] to succeed in representing or producing exactly: to hit a likeness in a portrait.
[18] Informal . to begin to travel on: Let's hit the road. What time shall we hit the trail?
[19] to strike with a missile, a weapon, or the like; deal a blow or blows: The armies hit at dawn.
[20] to come into collision (often followed by against, on, or upon ): The door hit against the wall.
[21] Slang . to kill; murder.
[22] (of an internal-combustion engine) to ignite a mixture of air and fuel as intended: This jalopy is hitting on all cylinders.
[23] to come or light (usually followed by upon or on ): to hit on a new way.
[24] an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
[25] a stroke that reaches an object; blow.
[26] a stroke of satire, censure, etc.: a hit at complacency.
[27] Baseball . base hit.
[28] Backgammon . a game won by a player after the opponent has thrown off one or more men from the board. any winning game.
[29] a successful stroke, performance, or production; success: The play is a hit.
[30] Slang . a dose of a narcotic drug.
[31] Digital Technology . (in information retrieval) an instance of successfully locating an item of data, as in a database or on the Internet: When I search for my name, I get lots of hits. an instance of accessing a website.
[32] Slang . a killing, murder, or assassination, especially one carried out by criminal prearrangements.
[33] hit off , to represent or describe precisely or aptly: In his new book he hits off the American temperament with amazing insight. to imitate, especially in order to satirize.
[34] hit on , Slang . to make persistent sexual advances to: guys who hit on girls at social events.
[35] hit out , to deal a blow aimlessly: a child hitting out in anger and frustration. to make a violent verbal attack: Critics hit out at the administration's new energy policy.
[36] hit up , Slang . to ask to borrow money from: He hit me up for ten bucks. to inject a narcotic drug into a vein.
[37] hit it off , Informal . to be congenial or compatible; get along; agree: We hit it off immediately with the new neighbors. She and her brother had never really hit it off.
[38] hit or miss , without concern for correctness or detail; haphazardly: The paint job had been done hit or miss.
[39] hit the books , Slang . to study hard; cram.
[40] hit the bottle , Slang . bottle1(def 8) .
[41] hit the high spots , to go out on the town; go nightclubbing: We'll hit the high spots when you come to town. to do something in a quick or casual manner, paying attention to only the most important or obvious facets or items: When I clean the house I hit the high spots and that's about all. This course will hit the high spots of ancient history.
[42] informal a boxer who has a hard punch rather than skill or finesse
[43] a person who hits something
[44] (also intr) to deal (a blow or stroke) to (a person or thing); strike the man hit the child
[45] to come into violent contact with the car hit the tree
[46] to reach or strike with a missile, thrown object, etc to hit a target
[47] to make or cause to make forceful contact; knock or bump I hit my arm on the table
[48] to propel or cause to move by striking to hit a ball
[49] cricket to score (runs)
[50] to affect (a person, place, or thing) suddenly or adversely his illness hit his wife very hard
[51] to become suddenly apparent to (a person) the reason for his behaviour hit me and made the whole episode clear
[52] to achieve or reach to hit the jackpot ; unemployment hit a new high
[53] to experience or encounter I've hit a slight snag here
[54] slang to murder (a rival criminal) in fulfilment of an underworld contract or vendetta
[55] to accord or suit (esp in the phrase hit one's fancy )
[56] to guess correctly or find out by accident you have hit the answer
[57] informal to set out on (a road, path, etc) let's hit the road
[58] informal to arrive or appear in he will hit town tomorrow night
[59] informal , mainly US and Canadian to demand or request from he hit me for a pound
[60] slang to drink an excessive amount of (alcohol) to hit the bottle
[61] hit it music slang start playing
[62] hit skins US slang to have sexual intercourse
[63] hit the sack or hit the hay slang to go to bed
[64] not know what has hit one to be completely taken by surprise
[65] an impact or collision
[66] a shot, blow, etc, that reaches its object
[67] an apt, witty, or telling remark
[68] informal a person or thing that gains wide appeal she's a hit with everyone (as modifier ) a hit record
[69] informal a stroke of luck
[70] slang a murder carried out as the result of an underworld vendetta or rivalry (as modifier ) a hit squad
[71] slang a drag on a cigarette, a swig from a bottle, a line of a drug, or an injection of heroin
[72] computing a single visit to a website
[73] make a hit with or score a hit with informal to make a favourable impression on

Words nearby Hitter

hithistotrophic, histotropic, histrionic, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, hit, hit a snag, hit batsman, hit below the belt, hit between the eyes, hit bottom

Origin of Hitter

before 1100; 1865–70, Americanism for def 5a ; Middle English hitten, Old English hittan; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hitta to come upon (by chance), meet with

Other words from Hitter

hit·less , adjective
hit·ta·ble , adjective
hit·ter , noun
non·hit , noun
out·hit , verb (used with object), out·hit, out·hit·ting.
self-hit·ting , adjective
un·hit , adjective
un·hit·ta·ble , adjective
well-hit , adjective

Word origin for Hitter

Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta