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Hitting   /hˈɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Hitting

noun
1.
The act of contacting one thing with another.  Synonyms: hit, striking.  "After three misses she finally got a hit"


Hit

verb
(past hit; past part. hit; pres. part. hitting)
1.
Cause to move by striking.
2.
Hit against; come into sudden contact with.  Synonyms: collide with, impinge on, run into, strike.  "He struck the table with his elbow"
3.
Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.
4.
Reach a destination, either real or abstract.  Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach.  "The water reached the doorstep" , "We barely made it to the finish line" , "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
5.
Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.  Synonym: strike.  "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager" , "The earthquake struck at midnight"
6.
Hit with a missile from a weapon.  Synonyms: pip, shoot.
7.
Encounter by chance.  Synonym: stumble.
8.
Gain points in a game.  Synonyms: rack up, score, tally.  "He hit a home run" , "He hit .300 in the past season"
9.
Cause to experience suddenly.  Synonyms: come to, strike.  "An interesting idea hit her" , "A thought came to me" , "The thought struck terror in our minds" , "They were struck with fear"
10.
Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.  Synonym: strike.  "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"
11.
Kill intentionally and with premeditation.  Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay.
12.
Drive something violently into a location.  Synonym: strike.  "She struck her head on the low ceiling"
13.
Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.  Synonyms: attain, reach.  "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
14.
Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically.  Synonym: strike.  "Strike 'z' on the keyboard" , "Her comments struck a sour note"
15.
Consume to excess.
16.
Hit the intended target or goal.
17.
Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to.



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"Hitting" Quotes from Famous Books



... remembrance," is sure to be established at each of these halting places along life's trail. A company of kin-folk and neighbor-folk hitting the trail simultaneously, having a common goal and actuated by common interests, are drawn wonderfully close together by the varied incidents and conditions of the march, and, at the spots thus made ...
— In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 • Gilbert L. Cole
... 'I'm hitting at myself; for old oak, you know, gets worm-eaten.—And you're quite correct, Miss Horatia; that was boasting, and in very bad taste. Let's hope my cook won't have burnt up the chicken and apple-tart to punish me for it,' he said ...
— Sarah's School Friend • May Baldwin
... only points to a correct judgment by eye. Many teachers of the Art of War then gave this limited signification as the definition of coup d'oeil. But it is undeniable that all able decisions formed in the moment of action soon came to be understood by the expression, as, for instance, the hitting upon the right point of attack, &c. It is, therefore, not only the physical, but more frequently the mental eye which is meant in coup d'oeil. Naturally, the expression, like the thing, is always more in its place in the field of tactics: ...
— On War • Carl von Clausewitz
... entertaining pictures of public men in misfit-clothing furiously hitting tiny balls over as much uncultivated land as possible—and sighed. Their violent attitudes had given him a delightful sensation of repose. They were the men who governed England, and this savage hitting was proof of their surplus energy. He resigned himself, ...
— The Extra Day • Algernon Blackwood
... pointed to a white blaze on a stump forty yards away. Guy had three or four shots and Yan had the same without hitting the stump. Then Caleb said, ...
— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton


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