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Nouns (38)

n. any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

n. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"

hit

n. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

hit

n. a dose of a narcotic drug

hit

n. a successful access to an html document on a server

sack, hammock

n. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

sack, sacque

n. a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

sack, sackful

n. the quantity contained in a sack

hit, collision

n. (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

poke, sack, carrier bag, paper bag

n. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

shift, sack, chemise

n. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

sack, pocket, pouch, sac

n. an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"

hit, bang, smash, strike

n. a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

hit, hitting, striking

n. the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

liberation, release, discharge, firing, dismissal, sack, sacking

n. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Verbs (64)

hit

v. hit the intended target or goal

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

sack, put in a sack

v. put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"

sack, plunder

v. plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"

hit, strike

v. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

hit, strike

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

hit, strike

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

sack, net, clear, sack up

v. make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

hit, score, tally, rack up

v. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

hit, shoot, pip

v. hit with a missile from a weapon

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

hit, strike, come to

v. cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

hit, come across, stumble across, stumble onto, stumble upon

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

sack, fire, force out, terminate, dismiss, send away, give the axe

v. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, hit against, run into

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

dispatch, hit, murder, remove, polish off, slay, bump off

v. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (302)

blow, bump

n. an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

pack

n. a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

satchel

n. luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap

duffel, duffle, duffel bag, duffle bag

n. a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings

explosion, burst, eruption

n. the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

haste, hurry, rush

n. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

catharsis, katharsis, abreaction

n. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

performance, execution, doing, carrying into action, carrying out

n. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

discharge, firing, firing off

n. the act of discharging a gun

dispatch, despatch, shipment, dispatching

n. the act of sending off something

baste, batter, clobber

v. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

tamp, depress, press down, tamp down

v. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

push

v. press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

strip, foray, pillage, rifle, plunder, ransack, despoil, reave

v. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, lay waste to

v. devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

rape, plunder, violate, despoil

v. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

loot, plunder

v. take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

dawn, become light, grow light

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

appear, seem

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

rise, arise, get up, stand up, get to one's feet

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

start, begin, commence, cause to start, set in motion

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

stretch, stretch out, unfold

v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

swat, swatter

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

beat, beat up

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

bat

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

trap, trammel, snare, entrap, ensnare

v. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

v. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

bat

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

swat, swatter

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

clash, collide, meet violently

v. crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

bang, slam

v. strike violently; "slam the ball"

thud

v. strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"

beat, hit repeatedly

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

beat, beat up

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

spank, paddle, larrup

v. give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, hit against, run into

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

hit, strike

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

kick, hit with the foot, strike with the foot

v. strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"

dethrone

v. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

overthrow, bring down

v. cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

turn back, run off, drive off, dispel, chase away, drive away, drive out

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

assuage, slake, quench, allay

v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

drop, dismiss, send away, send packing

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

eliminate, do away with, get rid of

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

swat, swatter

v. hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"

beat, beat up

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

bat

v. strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

slaughter, massacre, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

slaughter, butcher

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

reach, get to, attain

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

carry

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

catch, grab, take hold of

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

continue, proceed, go forward, move ahead, travel onward

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

drive, pull

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

drive, motor

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

realize, actualize

v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

take, acquire, assume, take on

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

find, get, receive, obtain

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

Synonyms (18)

sack, net, clear, sack up

v. make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

gun down, shoot down, strike down

v. strike down or shoot down

sack, put in a sack

v. put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

direct, send

v. cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

bump, demote, relegate, kick downstairs, assign to a lower position

v. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

Antonyms (10)

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

hire, engage, employ, give employment to

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

keep, continue, retain, keep on

v. allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

hit the sack

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