hit

1. verb

1)

she hit her child

Syn:

strike, slap, smack, spank, cuff, punch, thump, swat; beat, thrash, batter, pound, pummel, box someone's ears; whip, flog, cane; informal whack, wallop, bash, bop, clout, clip, clobber, sock, swipe, crown, beat the living daylights out of, knock someone around, belt, tan, lay into, let someone have it, deck, floor, slug; literary smite

2)

a car hit the barrier

Syn:

crash into, run into, smash into, smack into, knock into, bump into, plow into, collide with, meet head-on, impact

3) informal

spending will hit $180 million

Syn:

reach, touch, arrive at, rise to, climb to

4)

it hit me that I had forgotten

Syn:

occur to, strike, dawn on, come to; enter one's head, cross one's mind, come to mind, spring to one's mind

2. noun

1)

he received a hit from behind

Syn:

blow, thump, punch, knock, bang, cuff, slap, smack, spank, tap, crack, stroke, welt, karate chop; impact, collision, bump, crash; informal whack, thwack, wallop, bash, belt, clout, sock, swipe, clip, slug

2)

he directed many big hits

Syn:

success, box-office success, sellout, winner, triumph, sensation; best seller; informal smash, smash hit, megahit, knockout, crowd-pleaser, chart-topper, chart-buster, wow, biggie, number one

Ant:

failure

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- hit back

- hit hard

- hit home

- hit it off

- hit on

- hit upon