hit in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   reach  make  attain  hit  arrive at  gain 
   
2. 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"
   reach  hit  attain 
   
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
   murder  slay  hit  dispatch  bump off  off  polish off  remove 
   
4. hit against; come into sudden contact with
   "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
   hit  strike  impinge on  run into  collide with 
   
5. 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"
   hit  strike  come to 
   
6. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
   "He tries to hit on women in bars"
   hit 
   
7. 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"
   strike  hit 
   
8. hit with a missile from a weapon
   shoot  hit  pip 
   
9. gain points in a game
   "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
   score  hit  tally  rack up 
   
10. hit the intended target or goal
    hit 
    
11. consume to excess
    "hit the bottle"
    hit 
    
12. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
    "He hit her hard in the face"
    hit 
    
13. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
    "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"
    strike  hit 
    
14. cause to move by striking
    "hit a ball"
    hit 
    
15. 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"
    hit  strike 
    
16. drive something violently into a location
    "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
    hit  strike 
    
17. encounter by chance
    "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
    stumble  hit 
    

1. 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"
   hit  smash  smasher  strike  bang 
   
2. (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"
   collision  hit 
   
3. the act of contacting one thing with another
   "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
   hit  hitting  striking 
   
4. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
   "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
   hit 
   
5. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
   "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
   hit 
   
6. a connection made via the internet to another website
   "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
   hit 
   
7. a dose of a narcotic drug
   hit