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Definition hit

Etymology 1

From Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), probably from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijan? (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh?eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”). Cognate with Icelandic hitta (“to meet”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Latin caed? (“fall”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”).

Verb

hit (third-person singular simple present hits, present participle hitting, simple past hit or (dialectal) hat or (rare, dialectal) het, past participle hit or (dialectal) hitten)

  1. (heading, physical) To strike.
    1. (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
    2. (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
    3. (intransitive) To strike against something.
    4. (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
    5. (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
  3. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
  4. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
    1. (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
    2. (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
    3. To guess; to light upon or discover.
  5. (transitive) To affect negatively.
  6. (figuratively) To attack.
  7. (heading, games) To make a play.
    1. (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
    2. (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
    3. (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
  8. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
  9. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
  10. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
Noun

hit (plural hits)

  1. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
  2. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
  3. An attack on a location, person or people.
    1. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
  4. (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
  5. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
  6. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
  7. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
  8. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
  9. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
  10. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
  11. (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
  12. (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
Adjective

hit (not comparable)

  1. Very successful.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hit (“it”), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *?e-, *?ey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch het (“it”). More at it. Note 'it.

Pronoun

hit (subjective and objective hit, reflexive and intensive hitself, possessive adjective and noun hits)

  1. (dialectal) It.

Results 321 Words with the letters HIT

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6 letter words with the letters HIT 
ALIGHT 11
ARIGHT 10
BHAKTI 15
BIGHTS 13
BIRTHS 11
BLIGHT 14
BLITHE 12
BRIGHT 13
CANTHI 12
CHINTS 12
CHINTZ 21
CHITAL 12
CHITIN 12
CHITON 12
CHITTY 13
CITHER 11
DHUTIS 10
DIGHTS 11
EIGHTH 12
EIGHTS 10
EIGHTY 12
ETHICS 11
ETHNIC 12
FAITHS 11
FETICH 14
FETISH 11
FIFTHS 14
FIGHTS 13
FILTHS 12
FILTHY 14
FIRTHS 11
FITCHY 16
FLIGHT 14
FLITCH 15
FRIGHT 13
FRITHS 11
GIRTHS 10
GLITCH 14
GOTHIC 13
GRITHS 10
HABITS 11
HADITH 11
HAFFIT 14
HAPTIC 14
HATING 11
HATPIN 12
HECTIC 14
HEIGHT 12
HENBIT 12
HERMIT 11
HIGHTH 14
HIGHTS 12
HILTED 10
HINTED 10
HITHER 10
HOBBIT 14
HOGTIE 10
ISTHMI 11
ITCHED 12
ITCHES 11
KITHED 13
KITHES 12
KITSCH 15
KNIGHT 15
LICHTS 12
LIGHTS 11
LITCHI 12
LITHIC 12
MIGHTS 13
MIGHTY 15
MIRTHS 11
MISHIT 11
MITHER 11
MYTHIC 16
MYTHOI 13
NIGHTS 11
NIGHTY 13
NINTHS 10
OPHITE 11
PHATIC 14
PHOTIC 14
PITCHY 16
PITHED 12
PLIGHT 14
PLINTH 13
QUITCH 21
RIGHTO 10
RIGHTS 10
RIGHTY 12
SCHIST 11
SCHTIK 15
SCHUIT 12
SHIFTS 11
SHIFTY 13
SHIRTY 10
SHITTY 10
SHRIFT 11
SHTICK 15
SHTIKS 12
SIGHTS 10
SIXTHS 15
SLIGHT 11
SMITHS 11
SMITHY 13
SNITCH 12
SPILTH 12
STICHS 11
STITCH 11
STITHY 10
SWITCH 14
SWITHE 11
TECHIE 11
THAIRM 11
THALLI 10
THEISM 11
THETIC 11
THICKS 15
THIEVE 12
THIGHS 12
THILLS 10
THINGS 11
THINKS 13
THINLY 12
THIRAM 11
THIRTY 10
THORIC 11
THRICE 11
THRIFT 11
THRILL 10
THRIPS 11
THRIVE 12
THULIA 10
THYMIC 16
THYRSI 10
TIGHTS 10
TOYISH 10
TWITCH 14
WEIGHT 13
WHILST 12
WHISHT 13
WHISTS 11
WHITED 12
WHITEN 12
WHITER 11
WHITES 11
WHITEY 13
WIDTHS 12
WIGHTS 13
WITCHY 16
WITHAL 12
WITHED 12
WITHER 11
WITHES 11
WITHIN 12
WRAITH 11
WRIGHT 13
WRITHE 11
YIRTHS 10
ZENITH 18
ZIBETH 20
ZITHER 17
ZIZITH 26
5 letter words with the letters HIT 
AITCH 10
BAITH 10
BIGHT 12
BIRTH 10
BITCH 13
CHITS 10
DIGHT 10
DITCH 11
ETHIC 10
FAITH 10
FIFTH 13
FIGHT 12
FILTH 11
FIRTH 10
FITCH 13
FRITH 10
HABIT 10
HIGHT 11
HITCH 12
ITCHY 12
KITHE 11
KITHS 11
LICHT 11
LIGHT 10
MIGHT 12
MIRTH 10
NIGHT 10
PITCH 13
PITHS 10
PITHY 12
SHIFT 10
SHTIK 11
SIXTH 14
SMITH 10
STICH 10
SWITH 10
THICK 14
THIEF 10
THIGH 11
THING 10
THINK 12
THRIP 10
THYMI 12
TOPHI 10
WHIPT 13
WHIST 10
WHITE 10
WHITS 10
WHITY 12
WIDTH 11
WIGHT 12
WITCH 13
WITHE 10
WITHY 12
4 letter words with the letters HIT 
CHIT 9
HILT 7
HINT 7
HIST 6
HITS 6
ITCH 9
KITH 10
PITH 9
SHIT 6
SITH 6
THIN 7
THIO 6
THIR 6
THIS 6
WHIT 9
WITH 9
3 letter words with the letters HIT 
HIT 5
2 letter words with the letters HIT 
HI 4
IT 2
TI 2

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