hit
To strike.
Verb 4 meanings
To strike.
“One boy hit the other.”
To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
“I hit the jackpot.”
To switch on or switch off (lights).
“Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!”
To commence playing.
“- I'd love to hear your band play. - Hit it, boys!”
Noun 4 meanings
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
“The hit was very slight.”
Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
“His reputation took a hit when the new information came to light.”
An attack on a location, person or people.
Adjective 1 meaning
Very successful.
“The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”).
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HIT at a glance
HIT has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + I 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #397 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hit
All rhymes- WHIT10
- CHIT9
- SUPERHIT13
- MISHIT11
- MEGAHIT13
- OUTHIT9
- OVERHIT13
- MULTIHIT13
- TEWHIT12
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