Hit Hɪt Made Direct Object Noun Bre Give

• give it a good hit.
• he made the winning hit.
• the bomber scored a direct hit on the bridge.
• the aircraft suffered seven hits in the raid.

hit

1. an act of hitting somebody/something with your hand or with an object held in your hand
• Give it a good hit.
• He made the winning hit.
2. an occasion when something that has been thrown, fired, etc. at an object reaches that object
• The bomber scored a direct hit on the bridge.
• The aircraft suffered seven hits in the raid.
• We finished the first round with a score of two hits and six misses.
3. a person or thing that is very popular
• The duo were a real hit in last year's show.
• a hit musical
• The film was a hit for him in 2008.
• Her new series is a smash hit.
4. a successful pop song or record
• They are about to release an album of their greatest hits.
• She played all her old hits.
• a hit record/single
5. an amount of an illegal drug that is taken at one time
• a hit of cocaine/heroin
6. a violent crime or murder
• see also hitman
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7. an occasion on which a web page is displayed or a file is downloaded from the Internet
• Our website is getting a lot of hits from the USA.
• How many hits did you get?
8. to be liked very much by somebody when they first meet you
• You’ve made a big hit with Bill.
9. to be damaged or badly affected by something
• The airline industry took a hit last year.

Extra Examples

• He claimed that a hit man had been paid $20 000 to kill him.
• One of the tanks took a direct hit.
• She is here to promote her latest chart hit.
• She was at the top of the terrorists’ hit list for over two years.
• She was at the top of the terrorists’ hit list= list of people they intended to kill.
• The band are here to promote their latest chart hit.
• The series has been a big hit with children.
• The single was number one in the British hit parade
• Which services are on the government’s hit list?
• He shot to fame in the hit TV show, ‘Friends’.
• He’s just about to star in the smash hit musical, ‘Chicago’.
• She had a hit with ‘Only You’.
• The fast-fit centres have proved a hit with motorists.
• The film was a hit for him in 1996.
• This is her third Number One hit record.
• We finished the first round with a score of two hits and six misses.

Word Origin

• late Old English hittan (in the sense ‘come upon, find’), from Old Norse hitta ‘come upon, meet with’, of unknown origin.