HIT

I. verb (~; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse ~ta to meet with, ~ Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to reach with or as if with a blow, to come in contact with , to strike (as a ball) with an object (as a bat, club, or racket) so as to impart or redirect motion, 2. to cause to come into contact, to deliver (as a blow) by action, to apply forcefully or suddenly , to affect especially detrimentally , to make a request of , to discover or meet especially by chance, 6. to accord with ; suit , reach , attain , to arrive or appear at, in, or on , to bite at or on, to reflect accurately , to reach or strike (as a target) especially for a score in a game or contest , bat 2b, to indulge in excessively , to deal another card to (as in blackjack), intransitive verb 1. to strike a blow, to arrive with a forceful effect like that of a blow , 2. to come into contact with something, attack , strike 11b, bat 1, to succeed in attaining or coming up with something, to be in agreement ; suit , to fire the charge in the cylinders, ~ter noun II. noun Date: 15th century an act or instance of ~ting or being ~ , 2. a stroke of luck, a great success, a telling or critical remark, base ~ , a quantity of a drug ingested at one time, a premeditated murder committed especially by a member of a crime syndicate, an instance of connecting to a particular Web site , a successful match in a search (as of a computer database or the Internet), ~less adjective