hit
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(noun) a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career" |
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Synonyms: bang, smash, strike |
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Related Words: success |
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(noun) a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" |
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Synonyms: hitting, striking |
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Related Words: bunt, collision, crash, fly, fly ball, ground ball, grounder, header, line drive, liner, plunk, plunker, smash, touch, touching |
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(noun) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit" |
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Related Words: base hit, bingle, deed, effort, exploit, feat, safety |
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(verb) hit the target or goal, as intended |
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Related Words: come through, succeed |
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Antonyms: miss |
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(verb) consume to excess; "hit the bottle" |
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Related Words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in |
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(noun) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit" |
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Related Words: homicide, murder, slaying |
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(verb) affect suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather" |
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Synonyms: strike |
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Related Words: affect, bear on, bear upon, clap, impact, touch, touch on |
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(verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The arrow hit the target"; "The car hit a tree" |
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Synonyms: collide with, impinge on, run into, strike |
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Related Words: bang, bottom, bottom out, broadside, bump, bump into, butt against, clash, collide, connect, jar against, knock, knock against, ping, rear-end, run into, spang, spat, thud, touch |
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Antonyms: miss |
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(verb) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" |
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Related Words: bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, blast, bludgeon, bonk, boom, bop, box, brain, buff, buffet, catch, clap, club, conk, cosh, crack, cudgel, cut, get, hook, kick, lace into, lam into, lay into, nail, pitch into, plug, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, punch, sandbag, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, sock, stun, swat, swatter, swig, swipe, tear into, thump, thwack, touch, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whop |
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(verb) cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" |
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Related Words: backhand, bounce, bunker, bunt, cannon, carry, connect, croquet, double, drag a bunt, dribble, drive, fly, foul, ground out, heel, hole, hole out, hook, impel, kill, loft, pop, propel, putt, racket, shoot, single, slice, snap, snick, toe, triple, undercut, volley, whang |
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(verb) cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me" |
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Synonyms: come to, strike |
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(noun) a dose of a narcotic drug |
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Related Words: dose |
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(verb) gain points; "The home team scored many times" |
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Synonyms: rack up, score, tally |
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Related Words: ace, advance, eagle, equalize, gain, gain ground, get, get ahead, get even, have, hole up, homer, kick, make, make headway, par, walk, win |
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(verb) make a strike against an enemy or a target |
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Synonyms: strike |
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Related Words: assail, attack, chop, retaliate, slice, stroke |
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(verb) hit with a missile from a weapon |
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Synonyms: pip, shoot |
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Related Words: grass, gun down, injure, kneecap, wound |
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(verb) as of a piano key or notes; "strike middle C"; also used metaphorically: "strike a sour note |
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Synonyms: strike |
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Related Words: touch |
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(verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" |
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Synonyms: attain, reach |
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Related Words: arrive, break even, come, get |
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(verb) encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" |
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Synonyms: stumble |
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Related Words: come by |
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(noun) an event in which two or more bodies come together |
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Synonyms: collision |
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Related Words: contact, impinging, striking |
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(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
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Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, murder, polish off, remove, slay |
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Related Words: burke, execute, kill |
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(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
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Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach |
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Related Words: access, bottom out, breast, catch up, come through, culminate, find, get at, get through, ground, make, peak, reach a peak, run aground, scale, surmount |
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(verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" |
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Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find, happen |
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