| hit | (noun) the act of contacting one thing with another | Synonyms: hitting, striking |
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| (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: bang, smash, smasher, strike |
| (noun) (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense) | - |
| (noun) a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate | - |
| (noun) a connection made via the internet to another website | - |
| (noun) a dose of a narcotic drug | - |
| (noun) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | Synonyms: collision |
| (verb) pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to | - |
| (verb) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) hit with a missile from a weapon | Synonyms: pip, shoot |
| (verb) hit the intended target or goal | - |
| (verb) deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | - |
| (verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with | Synonyms: collide with, impinge on, run into, strike |
| (verb) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) cause to move by striking | - |
| (verb) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, make, reach |
| (verb) drive something violently into a location | Synonyms: strike |
| (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: attain, reach |
| (verb) cause to experience suddenly | Synonyms: come to, strike |
| (verb) encounter by chance | Synonyms: stumble |
| (verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay |
| hitch | (noun) the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg | Synonyms: hobble, limp |
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| (noun) a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot | - |
| (noun) a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls | - |
| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) an unforeseen obstacle | Synonyms: hang-up, rub, snag |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage |
| (noun) a period of time spent in military service | Synonyms: duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty |
| (verb) to hook or entangle | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) connect to a vehicle: | - |
| (verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitchhike, thumb |
| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: gimp, hobble, limp |
| (verb) jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | Synonyms: buck, jerk |
| hitchhike | (verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitch, thumb |
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| hitchhiker | (noun) a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles | - |
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| hitchrack | (noun) a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying | Synonyms: hitching bar |
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| hither | (adverb) to this place (especially toward the speaker) | Synonyms: here |
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| hitherto | (adverb) used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time | Synonyms: as yet, heretofore, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet |
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| hitless | (adjective) (of a batter) without a hit | - |
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| (adjective) having no points scores | Synonyms: goalless, pointless, scoreless |
| hitman | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, shooter, torpedo, triggerman |
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| hitter | (noun) (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | Synonyms: batsman, batter, slugger |
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| (noun) someone who hits | Synonyms: striker |
| hitting | (noun) the act of contacting one thing with another | Synonyms: hit, striking |
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