hit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To bring your hand or an object forcefully against something.

   He hit the ball as hard as he could.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of forcefully striking one thing against another.

   The boxer took a hard hit to the jaw.

3. 3
   noun

   Something very popular and successful, such as a song or film.

   That song was my first hit and started my career as a singer.

4. 4
   noun

   A single visit by a user to a web page.

   Yesterday our website got over 500 hits.

Common collocations

• hit a ball Verb + noun
• big hit Adjective + noun
• direct hit Adjective + noun
• hit show Adjective + noun
• major hit Adjective + noun
• surprise hit Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti Proto-Germanic *hittijaną Old Norse hittader. Old English hyttan Middle English hitten English hit Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“…

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