hit

I

n.

blow that strikes the target

1) to score a hit

2) to take a hit (our ship took several direct hits)

3) a direct hit

success

(colloq.)

4) to make a hit with (she made quite a hit with the audience)

5) a smash hit

II

v.

1) ('to strike') to hit hard

2) (d; intr.) ('to strike') to hit against, on (he hit his head on the ceiling)

3) (d; intr.) to hit at ('to attack') (the press hit hard at governmental corruption)

4) (slang) (AE) (d; tr.) to hit for ('to make a request of') (he hit me for twenty dollars)

5) (D; tr.) ('to strike') to hit in (to hit smb. in the face)

6) (d; intr.) to hit on, upon ('to discover') (they finally hit on an acceptable compromise)

7) (BE) (O; can be used with one animate object) ('to strike') he hit me a hard blow

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[hɪt]

on (he hit his head on the ceiling)

upon (they finally hit on an acceptable compromise; 'to discover')

('to strike') to hit hard

(BE) (0; can be used with one animate object) ('to strike') he hit me a hard blow

(d; intr.) ('to strike') to hit against

(d; intr.) to hit on

['blow that strikes the target'] to score a hit

a direct hit

a smash hit

(slang) (AE) (d; tr.) to hit for (he hit me for twenty dollars; 'to make a request of)

to take a hit (our ship took several direct hits)

['success'] (colloq.) to make a hit with (she made quite a hit with the audience)

(d; intr.) to hit at (the press hit hard at governmental corruption; 'to attack')

(D; tr.) ('to strike') to hit in (to hit smb. in the face)