hit

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭt
• IPA ^(key): /hɪt/
• SAMPA: /hIt/

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Verb

Plain form hit

Third person singular hits

Simple past hit

Past participle hit

Present participle hitting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you hit someone or something, then you touch them hard and fast.

   The bully got suspended for hitting the boy in the face.

   The red car was turning when the blue car hit it.

2. The past tense and past participle of hit.
3. If you hit on someone, you flirt with them.

   I'm just gonna be hitting on chicks tonight

Noun

Singular hit

Plural hits

1. A punch.

   The hit almost knocked me out.

2. A great success, especially in the entertainment industry.

   His new musical comedy was a hit with audiences and critics.

   He had so many hits last year that he was elected to the Musical Comedy Hall of Fame.

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