hit

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun
+ verb (hitting, hit, hit)
touch sb / sth with force
1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (with sth) to bring your hand, or an object you are holding, against sb/sth quickly and with force: My parents never used to hit me. + He hit the nail squarely on the head with the hammer. + She hit him on the head with her umbrella.
2 [VN] to come against sth/sb with force, especially causing damage or injury: The bus hit the bridge. + I was hit by a falling stone.
3 [VN] ~ sth (on / against sth) to knock a part of your body against sth: He hit his head on the low ceiling.
4 [VN] [often passive] (of a bullet, bomb, etc. or a person using them) to reach and touch a person or thing suddenly and with force: The town was hit by bombs again last night. + He was hit by a sniper.
ball
5 [VN] to bring a bat, etc. against a ball and push it away with force: She hit the ball too hard and it went out of the court. + We've hit our ball over the fence!
6 [VN] (sport) to score points by hitting a ball: to hit a home run
have bad effect
7 to have a bad effect on sb/sth: [VN] The tax increases will certainly hit the poor. + His death didn't really hit me at first. + Rural areas have been worst hit by the strike. + Spain was one of the hardest hit countries. + [V] A tornado hit on Tuesday night.
attack
8 to attack sb/sth: [VN] We hit the enemy when they least expected it. [also V]
reach
9 [VN] to reach a place: Follow this footpath and you'll eventually hit the road. + The President hits town tomorrow.
10 [VN] to reach a particular level: Temperatures hit 40? yesterday. + The euro hit a record low in trading today. + (BrE) We hit top form (= played our best) in yesterday's match.
problem / difficulty
11 [VN] (informal) to experience sth difficult or unpleasant: We seem to have hit a problem. + Everything was going well but then we hit trouble.
suddenly realize
12 [VN] (informal) to come suddenly into your mind: I couldn't remember where I'd seen him before, and then it suddenly hit me.
press button
13 [VN] (informal) to press sth such as a button to operate a machine, etc: Hit the brakes!
Idioms: hit (it) big (informal) to be very successful: The band has hit big in the US.
hit the ceiling / roof (informal) to suddenly become very angry
hit the buffers (informal) if a plan, sb's career, etc. hits the buffers, it suddenly stops being successful: The former tennis star's comeback trail hit the buffers yesterday when she lost in straight sets.
hit the deck (informal) to fall to the ground
hit the ground running (informal) to start doing sth and continue very quickly and successfully
hit the hay / sack (informal) to go to bed
hit sb (straight / right) in the eye to be very obvious to sb
hit it (spoken) used to tell sb to start doing sth, such as playing music: Hit it, Louis!
hit it off (with sb) (informal) to have a good friendly relationship with sb: We hit it off straight away.
hit the jackpot to make or win a lot of money quickly and unexpectedly
hit the nail on the head to say sth that is exactly right
hit the road / trail (informal) to start a journey/trip
hit the roof = go through the roof at ROOF
hit the spot (informal) if sth hits the spot it does exactly what it should do
hit the streets
hit the shops / stores (informal) to become widely available for sale: The new magazine hits the streets tomorrow.
hit sb when they're down to continue to hurt sb when they are already defeated
hit sb where it hurts to affect sb where they will feel it most
more at HEADLINE, HOME adv., KNOW v., MARK n., NERVE n., NOTE n., PAY DIRT, SHIT n., SIX, STRIDE n.
Phrasal Verbs: hit back (at sb/sth) to reply to attacks or criticism: In a TV interview she hit back at her critics.
hit on sb (AmE, slang) to start talking to sb to show them that you are sexually attracted to them
hit on / upon sth [no passive] to think of a good idea suddenly or by chance: She hit upon the perfect title for her new novel.
hit out (at sb/sth) to attack sb/sth violently by fighting them or criticizing them: I just hit out blindly in all directions. + In a rousing speech the minister hit out at racism in the armed forces.
hit sb (up) for sth (AmE, slang) to ask sb for money: Does he always hit you for cash when he wants new clothes?
hit sb with sth (informal) to tell sb sth, especially sth that surprises or shocks them: How much is it going to cost, then? Come on, hit me with it!
+ noun
act of hitting
1 an act of hitting sb/sth with your hand or with an object held in your hand: Give it a good hit. + He made the winning hit.
2 an occasion when sth that has been thrown, fired, etc. at an object reaches that object: The bomber scored a direct hit on the bridge. + The aircraft suffered seven hits in the raid. + We finished the first round with a score of two hits and six misses.
sth popular
3 a person or thing that is very popular: The duo were a real hit in last year's show. + a hit record / single / musical + The film was a hit for him in 1996. + They are about to release an album of their greatest hits. + Her new series is a smash hit.
of drug
4 (slang) an amount of an illegal drug that is taken at one time: a hit of cocaine / heroin
murder
5 (slang, especially AmE) a violent crime or murder
See also - HIT MAN
computing
6 a result of a search on a computer, especially on the Internet
Idioms: be / make a hit (with sb) to be liked very much by sb when they first meet you: You've made a big hit with Bill.

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 strike, cuff, smack, knock, whack, bash, bang, thump, thwack, punch, buffet, slap, swat, bludgeon, club, smite; spank, thrash, beat, pummel, batter, flog, scourge, birch, cane, lash, belabour, flagellate, whip, horsewhip, cudgel, Archaic fustigate; Colloq belt, wallop, clobber, clout, sock, clip, crown, bop, conk, paste, lambaste, zap:

She hit him on the jaw and he went down.

2 strike, bat, swat, knock, drive, propel:

He hit the ball over the heads of the fielders.

3 strike, collide or impact with, run or smash or crash into, bump or bang into:

The car went off the road and hit a tree.

4 affect, touch, stir, move, wound, hurt, strike or hit home, make or leave an impression or a mark on, (make an) impact (on):

The new taxes hit the wealthy more than the poor.

5 dawn on, enter one's mind, occur to, strike:

It finally hit Graham that he had been insulted.

6 reach, attain, arrive at, gain, achieve:

Those who have hit eighty know the meaning of old age. She hit the jackpot this week

7 experience, encounter, meet (with):

It was at that point that we hit a snag in the negotiations.

8 Also, hit up. importune, beseech, petition, beg, implore, entreat, ask for:

As usual, Guthrie hit me for a loan as soon as we met.

9 hit on or upon.

(a) come or happen or chance or light on or upon, discover, find, uncover, unearth, stumble or blunder on or upon, arrive at:

After years of experimentation, the Curies hit upon pitchblende as a source of radium.

(b) devise, think of or up, invent, dream up, come up with, work out, see, perceive, detect, discern, find:

I have hit upon a way to counteract the force of gravity.

n.

10 impact, collision; blow, punch, knock, strike, swat, shot, smack, bump, bang, Colloq whack, thwack, conk, bop, sock:

The weakness of the hit caused only a slight dent in my car door. The boxer reeled after a hard hit to the midriff.

11 success, triumph, coup, winner, sensation, Colloq smash (hit), sell-out:

After opening in the West End the musical became a hit on Broadway.

12 kick, jolt, thrill, Slang charge, US rush, bang:

Give me a hit off that reefer.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ act of hitting sth/sb

ADJ.

direct

VERB + HIT

give sth, make, score

Give it a good hit At last he managed to score a hit.

| receive, suffer, take

One of the tanks took a direct hit.

HIT + NOUN

list

She was at the top of the terrorists' hit list (= the list of people they intended to kill)for over two years. Which services are on the government's hit list?

| man, squad

He claimed that a hit man had been paid £20,000 to kill him.

² sb/sth that is very popular

ADJ.

big, greatest, huge, massive, real, smash

The show has been a smash hit.

| immediate, instant | box-office, chart

The band are here to promote their latest chart hit.

HIT + NOUN

album, film, movie, record, show, single, song | parade

(old-fashioned) The single was number one in the British hit parade

PREP.

~ with

The series has been a big hit with children.

Concise English dictionary

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hitting|hitshɪt
noun
+(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
+the act of contacting one thing with another
+a conspicuous success
+(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together
+a dose of a narcotic drug
+a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
+a connection made via the internet to another website
verb
+cause to move by striking
+hit against; come into sudden contact with
+affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
+deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
+reach a destination, either real or abstract
+reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
+hit with a missile from a weapon
+cause to experience suddenly
+make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
+hit the intended target or goal
+produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
+encounter by chance
+gain points in a game
+consume to excess
+kill intentionally and with premeditation
+drive something violently into a location
+pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

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