hit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Hungarian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 4 Limburgish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.2.2 Inflection 5 Polish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 6 Swedish 6.1 Etymology 1 6.1.1 Noun 6.2 Etymology 2 6.2.1 Pronunciation 6.2.2 Adverb 6.2.2.1 Antonyms 6.2.2.2 Related terms 6.2.2.3 See also 6.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hitta (“‘to strike, to meet’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭt, IPA: /hɪt/, SAMPA: /hIt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪt

[edit] Verb

to hit (third-person singular simple present hits, present participle hitting, simple past and past participle hit)

1. To administer a blow to.

   One boy hit the other.

2. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

   The ball hit the fence.

3. To manage to touch in the right place.

   I hit the jackpot.

4. To kill a person on the instructions of a third party.

   Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.

5. (card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.

   Hit me.

6. (baseball) To come up to bat.

   Jones hit for the pitcher.

7. (colloquial) To go (somewhere).

   We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.

8. (colloquial) To begin; to start; to open.

   The movie hits theaters in December.

9. (computing, programming) To use.

   The external web servers hit DBSRV7, the internal web server hits DBSRV3.

10. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To affect negatively.

    The economy was hit by a recession.

11. (figuratively, US, slang) To have sex with.

    I'd hit that.

12. To murder with premeditation for criminal or political purposes.

[edit] Antonyms

• miss

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

hit (plural hits)

1. A blow; a punch.

   The hit was very slight.

2. A success, especially in the entertainment industry.

   The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

3. An attack on a location, person or people.
4. (computing) (Internet) The result(s) of a search of a computer system or, for example, the entire Internet using a search engine
5. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

   My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.

6. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
7. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

   The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.

8. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

   Where am I going to get my next hit?

9. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

[edit] Antonyms

• miss (1)
• flop (2)
• turkey (2)

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[edit] Derived terms

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪt/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

hit m.

1. hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)

[edit] Synonyms

• šlágr

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

From hisz (“‘to believe’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhit/

[edit] Noun

hit (plural hitek)

1. faith, belief

[edit] Declension

declension of hit singular plural nominative hit hitek accusative hitet hiteket dative hitnek hiteknek instrumental hittel hitekkel causal-final hitért hitekért translative hitté hitekké terminative hitig hitekig essive-formal hitként hitekként essive-modal - - inessive hitben hitekben superessive hiten hiteken adessive hitnél hiteknél illative hitbe hitekbe sublative hitre hitekre allative hithez hitekhez elative hitből hitekből delative hitről hitekről ablative hittől hitektől

possessives of hit possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. hitem hiteim 2nd person sing. hited hiteid 3rd person sing. hite hitei 1st person plural hitünk hiteink 2nd person plural hitetek hiteitek 3rd person plural hitük hiteik

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

Via Dutch. English hit

[edit] Noun

hit f

1. (slang, Dutch) something popular (book, song, band, country)

[edit] Usage notes

Slang. Mainly used when speaking Dutch, rather than in real Limburgish. Overall speaking, Limburgish is more conservative, so slaag is more often used.

[edit] Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	hit	hits	hitje	hitjes
Genitive	hit	hits	hitjes	hitjes
Locative	hittes	hitteser	hitteske	hitteskes
Dative¹²	—	—	—	—
Accusative¹²	—	—	—	—

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent loanword, there is no conjugation for it to be found.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /xit̪/

[edit] Noun

hit m.

1. hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hit	hity
Genitive	hitu	hitów
Dative	hitowi	hitom
Accusative	hit	hity
Instrumental	hitem	hitami
Locative	hicie	hitach
Vocative	hicie	hity

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

From English hit.

[edit] Noun

hit c.

1. (informal) hit; something very popular. (A book, a movie, a song, ...)

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hit < *hī+at.

• hī < Proto-Indo-European *kei- (as in Ancient Greek ekei)
• at < Proto-Germanic *at < Proto-Indo-European *ad (as in Swedish åt)

Composed in a similar way: Icelandic hegat and hingað.

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adverb

hit (not comparable)

1. here; to this place, hither

   Jag kom hit igår = I came here yesterday

[edit] Antonyms

• dit

[edit] Related terms

• hitåt

[edit] See also

• hit och dit

[edit] References