Crossword Dictionary

hit - v 
cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" 
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" 
consume to excess; "hit the bottle" 
hit the intended target or goal 
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" 

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

strike, hit - 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" 
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" 

collision, hit - n 
(physics) a 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" 

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" 

hit, biff, hits, hitting - v 
to strike forcibly 

hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang - 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"