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  1. transitive verb To come into contact with forcefully; strike: The car hit the guardrail.
  2. transitive verb To reach with or as if with a blow: The bullet hit the police officer in the shoulder.
  3. transitive verb To cause to come into contact: She hit her hand against the wall.
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  • A million told me that the man ordering the hit was an amateur. —  The Coffin Dancer
  • Another reason my savings took a hit was my decision to pay off my Mother's mortgage. —  Boston Gal's Open Wallet
  • Yeah, it's great to see Ruutu whining to the ref; I guess he has to complain because the hit was a legal check. —  WNYMedia
  • Scale: the population of New Orleans when Katrina hit was approximately 10 times the population of Fargo today. —  Boston.com Most Popular
  • The only thing close to a hit was a wind-blown pop-up that shortstop Sanders tried to catch at the last second. —  Chambersburg Public Opinion Most Viewed
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shot ·  blast ·  album ·  beat ·  move ·  strike ·  run ·  today ·  shoot ·  impact ·  blow ·  coverage

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hit:   hits ·  hitting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English hitten, from Old English hyttan, from Old Norse hitta.

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  1. from Middle English hitten, hytten, hutten, hit, meet with, late Anglo-Saxon hittan (once), meet with, from Icelandic hitta, hit upon, meet with, = Swedish hitta, find, discover, light upon, invent, = Danish hitte, hit upon.
  2. from hit, v.
 

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