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  Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hitting.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
     hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
     1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch,
        usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an
        object aimed at).
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              I think you have hit the mark.        --Shak.
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     2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the
        occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord
        with; to be conformable to; to suit.
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              Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the
              notes right.                          --Locke.
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              There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails
              with him.                             --Dryden.
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              Whose saintly visage is too bright
              To hit the sense of human sight.      --Milton.
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              He scarcely hit my humor.             --Tennyson.
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     3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ``Thou hast hit it.''
        --Shak.
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     4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging
        to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected
        piece on a point.
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     To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes;
        as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.
  
     To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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  hitting \hitting\ n. [vb. n. from hit, v.]
     The act of striking one thing against another; as, repeated
     hitting raised a large bruise
  
     Syn: hit, striking.
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  Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hitting.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
     hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
     1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch,
        usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an
        object aimed at).
  
              I think you have hit the mark.        --Shak.
  
     2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the
        occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord
        with; to be conformable to; to suit.
  
              Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the
              notes right.                          --Locke.
  
              There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails
              with him.                             --Dryden.
  
              Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense
              of human sight.                       --Milton.
  
              He scarcely hit my humor.             --Tennyson.
  
     3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ``Thou hast hit it.''
        --Shak.
  
     4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging
        to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected
        piece on a point.
  
     To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes;
        as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.
  
     To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.

  hitting
       See hit

  hit
       n 1: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest
            (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on
            Williams' hit"
       2: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated
          hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she
          finally got a hit" [syn: hitting, striking]
       3: 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"
          [syn: smash, smasher, strike, bang]
       4: (physics) an 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" [syn: collision]
       5: a dose of a narcotic drug
       6: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all
          the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
       7: a connection made via the internet to another website;
          "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
       v 1: cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
       2: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a
          tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: strike,
           impinge on, run into, collide with] [ant: miss]
       3: 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" [syn: strike]
       4: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
          "He hit her hard in the face"
       5: 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" [syn: reach, make,
          attain, arrive at, gain]
       6: 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" [syn: reach, attain]
       7: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, pip]
       8: 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" [syn: strike, come to]
       9: 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" [syn: strike]
       10: hit the intended target or goal
       11: 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" [syn: strike]
       12: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin
           last night in a restaurant" [syn: stumble]
       13: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times";
           "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
           [syn: score, tally, rack up]
       14: consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
       15: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
           ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, dispatch,
            bump off, polish off, remove]
       16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist
           on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
           [syn: strike]
       17: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
           "He tries to hit on women in bars"
       [also: hitting]

  hitting
       n : the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated
           hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she
           finally got a hit" [syn: hit, striking]

  hitting
     n.
     A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hit nocat=1)

  hitting
     n.
     A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hit nocat=1)

  hitting
     n.
     A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hit nocat=1)

  hitting
     n.
     A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hit nocat=1)

  hitting
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm h it ting)

  hitting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en hit ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb hit)

  Hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/
  الضرب

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/ 
  zasahující

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/ 
  narážení

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/ 
  zasahování

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/ 
  narážející

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/
  Drücken 

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/
  anstoßend, anfahrend, rammend
     Synonym: running into
  
   see: hit sb., run into sb., hit, run into
  

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/
  hauend, schlagend
     Synonyms: belting, clobbering
  
   see: belt, clobber, hit, belted, clobbered, hit
  

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/
  treffend, schlagend, anschlagend, aufschlagend, hinschlagend
   see: hit, hit, Hit him/her/it/them!
  

  hitting /hˈɪtɪŋ/
  udaranje

  
/ˈhɪtɪŋ/