Hit
//hɪt//
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The word "hit" can be used as verb, noun, pronoun, proper noun and adjective.
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a hit dog will holler banjo hit base hit bong hit classic hit critical hit cult hit direct hit don't let the door hit you on the way out extra base hit first hit time flood-hit gallery hit hard hit hard-hitting hit a brick wall hit a clip hit a false note hit a home run hit a lick hit a nerve hit a raw nerve hit a six hit a snag hit a stain hit a wall hit above one's weight hit and giggle hit and hope hit and run hit at hit away hit back hit below one's weight hit bottom hit counter hit different hit hard hit home hit into the long grass hit it hit it and quit it hit it big hit it for six hit it off hit it out of the park hit it up hit licks hit like a ton of bricks hit like a truck hit list hit man hit me hit off hit off the line hit on hit on all cylinders hit on all six hit one hard hit one out of the ball park hit one out of the ballpark hit one's marks hit one's straps hit one's stride hit out hit out of the park hit parade hit pause hit pay dirt hit paydirt hit piece hit point hit rock bottom hit send hit someone for six hit someone when they are down hit squad hit test hit the accelerator hit the ball twice hit the big time hit the board hit the books hit the bottle hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the button hit the ceiling hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan hit the floor hit the gas hit the ground running hit the gym hit the hay hit the head hit the headlines hit the high notes hit the jackpot hit the mark hit the nail on the head hit the net hit the pan hit the pavement hit the rack hit the road hit the rock hit the rocks hit the roof hit the sack hit the sauce hit the sheets hit the shelves hit the shops hit the shower hit the showers hit the silk hit the skids hit the spot hit the stores hit the streets hit the trail hit the wall hit them licks hit too close to home hit two birds with one shot hit two targets with one arrow hit up hit up against hit upon hit wicket hit with hit with the stupid stick hit-a-pin bagatelle hit-and-miss hit-by-pitch hit-out hit-run hit-skip hit-up hitbox hitjob hitless hitmaker hitmaking hitman hitmarker hitperson hits hitscan hitself hittable hittee hitter hitting hitting partner hitting time hitwoman infield hit it's the hit dog that howls king hit king-hit let the door hit you where the good Lord split you look like a bomb has hit it megahit mis-hit mishit mishit multihit nervous hit no hit no-hit wonder nonhit not be able to hit the broad side of a barn not hit a cow's arse with a banjo not know what hit one one-hit one-hit kill one-hit wonder orchestra hit outhit overhit pinch hit pinch-hit sacrifice hit safe hit scratch hit sleeper hit smash hit straight hit superhit switch hit switch-hitting take a hit the fat hit the fire the rubber hits the road the shit hit the fan the tackies hit the tar they hit the Pentagon turntable hit two-hit wonder underhit unhit who-hit-John
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; IT act affect approach arrive assail attack bear on bear upon bring home the bacon come come by come into come through connection connexion contact deliver the goods displace dosage dose effort execution exercise exploit feat get impact impel impinging info tech information technology injure joining kill move murder occur propel slaying striking succeed success tech technology touch touch touch on touching training win wound
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.