hit

English

/hɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • (heading) To strike.
  • (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
  • (transitive) To switch on.
  • (transitive) To briefly visit.
  • (transitive) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
  • (heading) To attain, to achieve.
  • (transitive) To affect negatively.
  • (metaphorically) To attack.
  • (heading) To make a play.
  • (transitive) To use; to connect to.
  • (transitive) To have sex with.
  • (transitive) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hitten (make contact with, strike, hit) inherited from Old English hittan (come upon, fall in with, meet with) derived from Old Norse hitta (meet, strike) derived from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (come upon, find) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (cut, hew, hit, fall upon, fall).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kh₂eyd-

Gloss

cut, hew, hit, fall upon, fall

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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