Word Finder - hits

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

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The hit was very slight.

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

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An attack on a location, person or people.

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A collision of a projectile with the target.

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A match found by searching a computer system or search engine

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

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An approximately correct answer in a test set.

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

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The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.

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A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

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Where am I going to get my next hit?

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A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

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

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a happy hit

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

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

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(heading, physical) To strike.

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

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I hit the jackpot.

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To switch on.

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Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!

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To briefly visit.

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

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To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.

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You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.  We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.

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(heading) To attain, to achieve.

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To affect negatively.

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

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To attack.

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(heading, games) To make a play.

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To use; to connect to.

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

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To have sex with.

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I'd hit that.

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To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.

It always hits the spot for me on cold days.

When dawn hits, I'm wiping every trace of that village off the planet.

Now, catch her before she hits her head.

Seems someone ordered hits on a few key politicians in the way.

There, how that devil hits out!

She'd established an internet blog devoted to the subject, with the hits increasing daily.

After is getting a lot of hits.

That's visitors, not hits, and doesn't include bots.

She enjoyed a string of pop hits beginning with Baby One More Time in 1998, followed by Crazy, Oops!

Type "free beauty samples" into Google, and you will get around 20,400,000 hits.

All of the Kohl Powers except for Feline are black with "pearl" undertones that show up when the light hits.

Those areas are generally the spots the sun naturally hits when you're outdoors - the temple, nose, cheeks and chin.

The latter spawned several top hits, including If I Could Turn Back Time, Just Like Jesse James and After All, to name a few.

To create contour with the darkest shade of shadow, start at the outer corner of the eye just above the top lashes, and then sweep your finger or brush along the eyelid where the brow bone hits the crease.

When one player hits the right symbol combination, he or she takes the jackpot.

You can set up PayPal to remove funds from a checking or savings account if your PayPal balance hits zero.

Treat your guests to a few snacks before dinner hits the table, but make sure they save room for turkey and stuffing.

For example, if your birthday hits during ski season, China Peak will give you a free pass for a day of skiing on your birthday.

Coping with stress can be difficult because stress comes in so many different forms, and when more than one issue hits at a time, well, it can seem downright overwhelming.

You may also consider a suit-style outfit, with a skirt that hits about mid-thigh or lower and a cropped jacket.

Using retro-themed decorations and top 40 hits from the era can add even more realism to the event.

For some, the urge to take a trip down memory lane hits a decade or two after graduation.

He is known for his salsa hits and love songs.

One of his biggest cross-over hits, You Sang to Me, was featured in the Julia Robert's movie Runaway Bride.

It was the sound I hated more on a telephone that Henri Mancini's version of Theme from Moon Glow or any other top one hundred hits of elevator music was, 'would you please hold'?

Seven hits in 41 plate appearances for a lifetime bating average of .171.

All seven hits were singles and all were in routs, usually by the other side.

She hits the happy mean between the studied archaism of Courier's Daphnis et Cloe and the realistic patois of the later kailyard novel which for Southerners requires a glossary.

Thirty-five hits had been counted on her by the " Scharnhorst's " gunners.

The " Monmouth " had ceased fire and turned away to the W., followed by the " Glasgow," who had been heavily engaged by the " Leipzig " and " Dresden " and had received five hits.

This really hits the position of Morone, a sincere Catholic, to whom persecution was abhorrent.

Boss put you on the top three to evac when shit hits the fan.

His season was passing like tomatoes still green when the frost hits, unable to fulfill what they've been straining to achieve through the long hot summer.

That's so the big boys can be 'officially' indignant if the shit hits the fan and we get caught.

Distance learning takes off, hits political arena - Rob Moritz, Arkansas News Bureau.

First points to Federer as Roddick hits a straightforward backhand into the net.

He hits the ball with all that he's got.

Its corporate governance also marsh brokers idea hits the.

Sepharmouse goes oof oof oof each time hitherby hits the cobblestones.

Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.

At some point my flying hand hits cymbal bruising wrist which soon swells.

Pensioners say council tax particularly hits them Pensioners groups have angrily denounced Gordon Brown for failing to repeat last year's council tax rebate.

Releasing their first single dimples in early 1964, there followed a string of major hits in the UK, US and Europe.

The first 11 player's names he hits are the starting eleven.

In his novel a comet hits the Earth and everyone becomes more spiritually enlightened.

My dreaded slice has gone and the ball hits the fairway every time.

Each time the foot hits the ground, the tension causes the fascia to pull at the heel.

This stretch also hits the plantar flexors in the foot.

On Judgment Days, the righteous ire that she directs at a rogues ' gallery of global miscreants hits hard.

Fig 12 The blast sequence display for protein blast hits has a third glyph for the similarities between the amino acids shown in white.