(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
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"
the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
a dose of a narcotic drug
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
hit the intended target or goal
consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
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"
hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
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"
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"
out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"