hit me

English

Phrase

hit me

1. (blackjack, slang) Said by a player to ask the dealer to deal them another card.
2. (slang) Give me a (usually alcoholic) beverage.
   • 2011, Mary Sullivan, Beyond Ordinary, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 98:

     He went in and sat on an empty stool at the bar. “Angel, hit me with a shot of whiskey,” he said without preamble. What the hell was the point of trying to straighten out a life when it got you nothing? Angel set the drink in front of him.

   • 2011, Cooper, The Queen's Assassin, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 6:

     Halfway to the bar he called out, “Hola, amigos!” And to the bartender: “Señor, hit me with a Cutty Sark on the rocks.”

   • 2012, Gloria Taylor Weinberg, A Homicide in Hooker's Point, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 70:

     “Hit me again, Albert,” Eric said, slamming his shot glass on the bar and digging in his pocket for money.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit,‎ me.

See also

• fire away

Anagrams

• Thiem, methi, theim