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Hit \Hit\, pron.
It. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Hit \Hit\,
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hide}, contracted from hideth.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hit}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hitting}.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch,
usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an
object aimed at).
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I think you have hit the mark. --Shak.
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2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the
occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord
with; to be conformable to; to suit.
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Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the
notes right. --Locke.
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There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails
with him. --Dryden.
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Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton.
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He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson.
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3. To guess; to light upon or discover. "Thou hast hit it."
--Shak.
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4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging
to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected
piece on a point.
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{To hit off}, to describe with quick characteristic strokes;
as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.

{To hit out}, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Hit \Hit\, v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; --
followed by against or on.
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If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and
hit one against another? --Locke.
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Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies,
become conjoined with them. --Woodward.
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2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed,
-- often with implied chance, or luck.
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And oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. --Shak.
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And millions miss for one that hits. --Swift.
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{To hit on} or {To hit upon}, to light upon; to come to by
chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the
solution after days of trying. "None of them hit upon the
art." --Addison.
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Hit \Hit.\ adj.
Having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of
entertainment performances; as, a hit song, a hit movie.
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Hit \Hit\, n.
1. A striking against; the collision of one body against
another; the stroke that touches anything.
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So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,
And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed.
--Dryden.
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2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate
chance; as, he made a hit; esp. A performance, as a
musical recording, movie, or play, which achieved great
popularity or acclaim; also used of books or objects of
commerce which become big sellers; as, the new notebook
computer was a big hit with business travellers.
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What late he called a blessing, now was wit,
And God's good providence, a lucky hit. --Pope.

3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase
which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
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4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed
some of his men. It counts less than a {gammon}.
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5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul
hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a {base hit}.
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6. An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a
professional assassin.
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{Base hit}, {Safe hit}, {Sacrifice hit}. (Baseball) See under
{Base}, {Safe}, etc.