Definitions
1.verb(heading, physical) To strike.
2.verbTo manage to touch (a target) in the right place."I hit the jackpot."
3.verbTo switch on."Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!"
4.verbTo briefly visit."We hit the grocery store on the way to the park."
5.verbTo 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."
6.verb(heading) To attain, to achieve.
7.verbTo affect negatively."The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard."
8.verbTo attack.
9.verb(heading, games) To make a play.
10.verbTo use; to connect to."The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3."
11.verbTo have sex with."I'd hit that."
12.verbTo inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
13.nounA series of hits or blows directed at a person or object."Their conflict ended in hitting."
14.nounThe skill of hitting."The batter's hitting improved with practice."