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"

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

n. a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"

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

n. a dose of a narcotic drug

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

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

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"

v. hit with a missile from a weapon

v. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"

v. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"

v. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

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

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"

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"

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"

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