hit

(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

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"

(physics) a 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"

cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

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"

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"

hit with a missile from a weapon

encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

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"

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"

kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

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"

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"