Meaning

25 senses
  1. To strike.

    (physical, transitive)To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

    One boy hit the other.

    hit with a missile from a weapon

  2. (physical, transitive)To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

    The ball hit the fence.

    schlagen, knallen

    ударя́тьсяudarjátʹsja, уда́ритьсяudáritʹsja

    hit against; come into sudden contact with

  3. (intransitive, physical)To strike against something.

    I can't get anything to hit at that distance.

  4. (physical, transitive)To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.

    Hit the Enter key to continue.

  5. (physical, slang, transitive)To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.

    Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.

    morden

  6. (physical, transitive)To attack, especially amphibiously.

    If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.

  7. (ambitransitive, figuratively, physical)To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.

    Their coffee really hits the spot.

    I used to listen to that song all the time, but it hits different(ly) now.

  8. (transitive)To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.

    I hit the jackpot.

    You can't hit the high notes in that song!

    treffen

    попада́тьpopadátʹ, попа́стьpopástʹ, поража́тьporažátʹ

    влуча́тиvlučáty

  9. (colloquial, transitive)To switch on or switch off (lights).

    Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!

  10. (informal, transitive)To commence playing.

    - I'd love to hear your band play. - Hit it, boys!

    abschlagen

  11. (colloquial, transitive)To briefly visit.

    We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.

    treffen

  12. (informal, transitive)To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.

    You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.

    We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.

    encounter by chance

Examples

2676 sentences
  1. Yesterday a truck hit this wall.

    Вчора у цю стіну врізалася вантажівка.

    ruВчера в эту стену врезался грузовик.

    deGestern hat ein Lastwagen diese Mauer gerammt.

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  2. I hit on a good idea.

    Мені прийшла до голови добра ідея.

    deIch bin auf eine gute Idee gekommen.

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  3. The car hit a telephone pole.

    Автівка зіткнулась із телеграфним стовпом.

    ruАвтомобиль врезался в телефонный столб.

    deDas Auto fuhr gegen einen Telegrafenmast.

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  4. He was hit by a car.

    Його збила машина.

    ruЕго сбила машина.

    deEr wurde von einem Auto angefahren.

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  5. He hit me in the eye.

    Він ударив мене в око.

    ruОн ударил меня в глаз.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to administer a blow — see also strike:
to manage to touch in the right place:
Русский
By meaning 5
to administer a blow — see also strike:
to come into contact with forcefully and suddenly:
to manage to touch in the right place:
to attack, chiefly amphibiously:
to have sex with:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to administer a blow — see also strike:
to come into contact with forcefully and suddenly:
to kill a person on the instructions of a third party:
to begin:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old Engli

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”).

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Forms

hits, hitting, hit, hit
Base formhit · to hit
3rd person singularhits
Present participlehitting
Past simplehit
Past participlehit

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhit
he, she, ithits

Past simpleLesson

all personshit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hit
he, she, ithas hit

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hit

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

70 synonyms
administer a blow:beatB1
have sex with:bangB1
kill a person:bump off
attack:beset
smoke marijuana:smoke uptoke
work out:hit the gym
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • hit by a
  • got hit by
  • was hit by
  • hit the ball
  • got hit
  • hit his head
  • going to hit
  • almost got hit
  • hit by lightning
  • almost hit
  • hit a home
  • a truck hit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hit — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto