hit

Hit isch dr Jean-Pierre so drüri.

From Old High German hiutu, from hiu + tagu, a calque of Latin hodie. Cognate with German heute, Dutch heden.


hit

Us passareu els capítols amb el Shazam obert buscant els hits que sonen.

2020 February 6, Time Out Barcelona, volume 583, page 8, column Sèries:

You'll spend the episodes with Shazam open, searching for the hits that play.


hit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Doublet of ta.


hit

hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)

hit (nominative singular)
hity (nominative plural)
hitu (genitive singular)
hitů (genitive plural)
hitu (dative singular)
hitům (dative plural)
hit (accusative singular)
hity (accusative plural)
hite (singular vocative)
hity (plural vocative)
hitu (locative singular)
hitech (locative plural)
hitem (instrumental singular)
hity (instrumental plural)


hit

head

hit n (singular definite hittet, plural indefinite hit or hits)

hittet (definite singular)
hit (indefinite plural)
hits (indefinite plural)
hit (indefinite nominative singular)
hittet (definite nominative singular)
hit (indefinite nominative plural)
hits (indefinite nominative plural)
hittene (definite nominative plural)
hits (genitive indefinite singular)
hittets (definite genitive singular)
hits (genitive indefinite plural)
hits' (genitive indefinite plural)
hittenes (definite genitive plural)


hit

a hit song, a very popular and successful song

(by extension) a success, something popular and successful (especially in the entertainment industry)


hit

(dated, regional) any pony or small horse

nl-noun

hit m (plural hitten, diminutive hitje n or hitske n)

hitten (plural)
hitje (diminutive neuter)
hitske (diminutive neuter)


hit

One boy hit the other.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge.

1922-1927, Frank Harris, My Life and Loves:

Bello: (Shouts) Good, by the rumping jumping general! That's the best bit of news I heard these six weeks. Here, don't keep me waiting, damn you! (He slaps her face)
Bello: (Whimpers) You're after hitting me. I'll tell[…]

1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 15]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

I hunted him for half a hour, aiming to learn him to hit a man with a table-leg and then run, but I didn't find him.

1934, Robert E. Howard, The Slugger's Game:

(transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

The ball hit the fence.

a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):

Meanwhile the street boys kept up a shower of mud balls, many of which hit the Doctor, while the rest were distributed upon his assailants.

1882, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance:

(transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

If bodies be extension alone, […]how can they move and hit one against another?

a. 1705, John Locke, “An Examination of P[ère] Malebranche’s Opinion of Seeing All Things in God”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:

(intransitive) To strike against something.

Hit the Enter key to continue.

(transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.

Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.

FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch.

1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)

(transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.

If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.

(transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.

To strike.
To attack, especially amphibiously.

Their coffee really hits the spot.

I used to listen to that song all the time, but it hits different(ly) now.

(figurative, transitive, intransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.

I hit the jackpot.

(transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.

To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.

Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!

I'd love to hear your band play.
Hit it boys!

(transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.

We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.

(transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.

You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.

We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.

(transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.

To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.

The movie hits theaters in December.

The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow.

We hit Detroit at one in the morning but kept driving through the night.

And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.

2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, “London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal”, in Guardian Unlimited:

(transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.

To attain, to achieve.
To reach or achieve.

And oft it hits / Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.

c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

All Human Race wou’d fain be Wits, / And Millions miſs, for one that hits.

1733, [Jonathan Swift], On Poetry: A Rapsody, Dublin, London: […] [R. Fleming] [a]nd sold by J. Huggonson, […], →OCLC, page 3, lines 1–2:

(intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.

Thou hast hit it.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

And we shall sit at endless feast,
Enjoying each the other’s good;
What vaster dream can hit the mood
Of Love on earth?

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLVI, page 69:

(heading) To attain, to achieve.
To guess; to light upon or discover.

The economy was hit by a recession.  The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.

I have to say this, he hit my hands. Nobody has ever hit my hands. I’ve never heard of this one. Look at those hands. Are they small hands?

2016 March 3, Nick Gass, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump on small hands: 'I guarantee you there's no problem'”, in Politico:

Hit me.

(transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.

To make a play.
In blackjack, to deal a card to.

Jones hit for the pitcher.

(intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.

(backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.

(transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.

I'd hit that!

(transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.

Tastes like fruit when you hit it; got to have bread to get it.

2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

(transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.

This is another great exercise which hits the long head.

(transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.

(of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.

With that said, the group hitting their legs just once a week still made gains.

en-verb

hit (third-person singular simple present hits, present participle hitting, simple past hit or (dialectal, obsolete) hat or (rare, dialectal) het, past participle hit or (archaic, rare, dialectal) hitten)

hits (present singular third-person)
hitting (participle present)
hit (past)
hat (dialectal obsolete past)
het (dialectal past rare)
hit (participle past)
hitten (archaic dialectal participle past rare)

miss

antonym(s) of “manage to touch in the right place”

don't let the door hit you on the way out

let the door hit you where the good Lord split you

not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

у́дрям

to come into contact with forcefully and suddenly

murhata

to kill a person on the instructions of a third party

From Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”).
Cognate with Icelandic hitta (“to meet”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”).

der

Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”)

cog

Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”)


hit

So he the fam'd Cilician fencer prais'd, / And, at each hit, with wonder seem'd amaz'd.

1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fourth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

The hit was very slight.

A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Marie Taglioni was another hit for Her Majesty's Theatre last season, and will be a hit again this season[…]

1848, “Her Majesty's Theatre”, in The Musical World, volume 23:

Chico & Rita opens in the modern era, as an aged, weary Chico shines shoes in his native Cuba. Then a song heard on the radio—a hit he wrote and recorded with Rita in their youth—carries him back to 1948 Havana, where they first met.

2012 February 9, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Chico & Rita”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.

His reputation took a hit when the new information came to light.

(figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.

An attack on a location, person or people.

But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.

2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

A collision of a projectile with the target.

In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.

(computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine

My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.

(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

An approximately correct answer in a test set.

The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.

(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

Where am I going to get my next hit?

(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

The questions that have always haunted the family — who ordered the hit, and why, and who in London might have known — remain unanswered.

2023 August 30, Megan K. Stack, Rob Stothard, “He Was Shot 14 Times at the Dinner Table. His Children Want to Know if Britain Ordered the Hit.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

a happy hit

What late he called a blessing, now was wit, / And God's good providence, a lucky hit.

1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:

(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.

(backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.

(backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.

→ Catalan: hit

→ Czech: hit

→ Danish: hit

→ French: hit

→ Dutch: hit

→ Japanese: ヒット (hitto)

→ Polish: hit

→ Portuguese: hit

→ Russian: хит (xit)

→ Spanish: hit

→ Swedish: hit

хіт

success, especially in the entertainment industry

попаде́ние

computing, Internet: positive result of a search

hitti

(baseball) complete play, when the batter reaches base

tilausmurha

murder for criminal or political purposes


hit

The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.


hit

But how hit was to come about didn't appear.

1922, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly, volume 130:

Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit slide down the hill hits own way.

1998, Nancy A. Walker, What's so funny?: humor in American culture:

head

hit (subjective and objective hit, reflexive and intensive hitself, possessive adjective and noun hits)

hit (objective subjective)
hitself (emphatic reflexive)
hits (adjective noun possessive)

From Middle English hit (“it”), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch het (“it”). More at it; also note 'it.


hit

(archaic) oath, word of honour (e.g. in hitves and hitet tesz)

hitek (plural)
hit (nominative singular)
hitek (nominative plural)
hitet (accusative singular)
hiteket (accusative plural)
hitnek (dative singular)
hiteknek (dative plural)
hittel (instrumental singular)
hitekkel (instrumental plural)
hitért (causal-final singular)
hitekért (causal-final plural)
hitté (singular translative)
hitekké (plural translative)
hitig (singular terminative)
hitekig (plural terminative)
hitként (essive-formal singular)
hitekként (essive-formal plural)
hitben (inessive singular)
hitekben (inessive plural)
hiten (singular superessive)
hiteken (plural superessive)
hitnél (adessive singular)
hiteknél (adessive plural)
hitbe (illative singular)
hitekbe (illative plural)
hitre (singular sublative)
hitekre (plural sublative)
hithez (allative singular)
hitekhez (allative plural)
hitből (elative singular)
hitekből (elative plural)
hitről (delative singular)
hitekről (delative plural)
hittől (ablative singular)
hitektől (ablative plural)
hité (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hiteké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hitéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hitekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hitem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
hiteim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
hited (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
hiteid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
hite (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
hitei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
hitünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
hiteink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
hitetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
hiteitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
hitük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
hiteik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From the stem of hisz (“to believe”) + -t (noun-forming suffix).


hit

From Jamaican Creole it, from English it
IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /hɪt/


hit

(slang, Dutch) something popular (book, song, band, country)

hit (nominative singular)
hits (nominative plural)
hitje (diminutive nominative singular)
hitjes (diminutive nominative plural)
hit (genitive singular)
hits (genitive plural)
hitjes (diminutive genitive singular)
hitjes (diminutive genitive plural)
hittes (locative singular)
hitteser (locative plural)
hitteske (diminutive locative singular)
hitteskes (diminutive locative plural)


hit

Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it

Sometimes used in reference to a child or man: he, she

Third-person singular neuter accusative pronoun: it

Third-person singular neuter genitive pronoun: its

Hit bi fel in þat foreſt · þere faſt by ſide / þer woned a wel old cherl · þat was a couherde

c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 4, recto, lines 3-4; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 6:

It so happened that right there in that forest / there was a very old peasant; a cowherd.

(impersonal, placeholder) Third-person singular impersonal placeholder pronoun: it

head

hit (accusative hit, genitive hit, his, possessive determiner hit, his)

hit (accusative)
hit (genitive)
his (genitive)
hit (determiner possessive)
his (determiner possessive)

English: it

Scots: hid

Yola: it, yt

From Old English hit, from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”).


hit

Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: it


hit

Kom hit!

From Middle Norwegian hít. Compare Swedish hit.


hit

Kom hit!


hit

a leather bag (usually made from a hide in a single piece)

(dialectal, derogatory) used of a woman, especially in compounds

hita (definite singular)
hiter (indefinite plural)
hitene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hít. Compare Faroese hít (“condom”).


hit

desctree

Middle Dutch: het
Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)
Limburgish: hèt


hit

head

hit n (accusative hit, genitive his, dative him)

hit (accusative)
his (genitive)
him (dative)
iċ (first-person nominative singular)
mē (accusative first-person singular)
mec (accusative first-person singular)
mē (dative first-person singular)
mīn (first-person genitive singular)
þū (nominative second-person singular)
þē (accusative second-person singular)
þec (accusative second-person singular)
þē (dative second-person singular)
þīn (genitive second-person singular)
hit (accusative neuter nominative singular third-person)
him (dative neuter singular third-person)
his (genitive neuter singular third-person)
hē (masculine nominative singular third-person)
hine (accusative masculine singular third-person)
him (dative masculine singular third-person)
his (genitive masculine singular third-person)
hēo (feminine nominative singular third-person)
hīe (accusative feminine singular third-person)
hire (dative feminine genitive singular third-person)
wit (dual first-person nominative)
unc (accusative dual first-person)
uncit (accusative dual first-person)
unc (dative dual first-person)
uncer (dual first-person genitive)
ġit (dual nominative second-person)
inc (accusative dual second-person)
incit (accusative dual second-person)
inc (dative dual second-person)
incer (dual genitive second-person)
wē (first-person nominative plural)
ūs (accusative first-person plural)
ūsiċ (accusative first-person plural)
ūs (dative first-person plural)
ūre (first-person genitive plural)
ūser (first-person genitive plural)
ġē (nominative plural second-person)
ēow (accusative plural second-person)
ēowic (accusative plural second-person)
ēow (dative plural second-person)
ēower (genitive plural second-person)
hīe (accusative nominative plural third-person)
him (dative plural third-person)
heora (genitive plural third-person)

desctree

Middle English: hit, hitt, hitte, hyt, hytte, it, itt, itte, jt, yt
English: it
Scots: hid
Yola: it, yt

From Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Old Frisian hit (“it”), Old High German iz (“it”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰 (hita, “it”). More at hē.


hit

neuter nominative/accusative singular of hinn

non-decl-adj-base

Declension of hinn

hinn (masculine nominative singular)
hin (feminine nominative singular)
hit (neuter nominative singular)
hinn (accusative masculine singular)
hina (accusative feminine singular)
hit (accusative neuter singular)
hinum (dative masculine singular)
hinni (dative feminine singular)
hinu (dative neuter singular)
hins (genitive masculine singular)
hinnar (feminine genitive singular)
hins (genitive neuter singular)
hinir (masculine nominative plural)
hinar (feminine nominative plural)
hin (neuter nominative plural)
hina (accusative masculine plural)
hinar (accusative feminine plural)
hin (accusative neuter plural)
hinum (dative masculine plural)
hinum (dative feminine plural)
hinum (dative neuter plural)
hinna (genitive masculine plural)
hinna (feminine genitive plural)
hinna (genitive neuter plural)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


hit

Middle Welsh: hyt

Welsh: hyd


hit

(music) hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)

hit (nominative singular)
hity (nominative plural)
hitu (genitive singular)
hitów (genitive plural)
hitowi (dative singular)
hitom (dative plural)
hit (accusative singular)
hity (accusative plural)
hitem (instrumental singular)
hitami (instrumental plural)
hicie (locative singular)
hitach (locative plural)
hicie (singular vocative)
hity (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English hit, from Middle English hitten, from Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.


hit

hit (success, especially in the entertainment industry)


hit

nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz

Old English: hit

Middle English: hit, it

English: it, hit (dialectal)

Scots: it

Old Frisian: hit, et

Saterland Frisian: et

West Frisian: it

Old Saxon: hit

Middle Low German: hit

Low German: et, it

Plautdietsch: et

Old Dutch: hit

Middle Dutch: hit, het

Dutch: het

Limburgish: hèt

Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰 (hita)

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe(y)- (“this, here”).


hit

hituri (plural)
hit (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un hit (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hitul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hituri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște hituri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hiturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
hit (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui hit (dative genitive indefinite singular)
hitului (dative definite genitive singular)
hituri (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor hituri (dative genitive indefinite plural)
hiturilor (dative definite genitive plural)
hitule (singular vocative)
hiturilor (plural vocative)


hit

Hon kom hit, så nu är hon här

Hon kom här (for comparison)

She came at this location (odd-sounding)

Jag kom hit igår

springa hit och dit

run to here and to there / run hither and thither (indicating for example chaos or a lack of direction)

to here, hither, (often in practice, in translations) here

From Old Swedish hit, from *hī+at.
* hī, from Proto-Indo-European *kei- (as in Ancient Greek ἐκεῖ (ekeî))
* at, from Proto-Germanic *at, from Proto-Indo-European *ád (as in Swedish åt)
Composed in a similar way: Icelandic hegat and hingað.


hit

(informal) a hit (popular song, or some other popular or successful thing)

hit (indefinite nominative singular)
hitten (definite nominative singular)
hits (indefinite nominative plural)
hittar (indefinite nominative plural)
hitsen (definite nominative plural)
hittarna (definite nominative plural)
hits (genitive indefinite singular)
hittens (definite genitive singular)
hits (genitive indefinite plural)
hittars (genitive indefinite plural)
hitsens (definite genitive plural)
hittarnas (definite genitive plural)


hit

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hittite.


hit

hits (nominative plural)
hit (nominative singular)
hits (nominative plural)
hita (genitive singular)
hitas (genitive plural)
hite (dative singular)
hites (dative plural)
hiti (accusative singular)
hitis (accusative plural)
o hit! (singular vocative)
o hits! (plural vocative)
hitu (predicative singular)
hitus (plural predicative)

Borrowed from English heat. Compare German Hitze.