hit+upon
51hit — I n. blow that strikes the target 1) to score a hit 2) to take a hit (our ship took several direct hits) 3) a direct hit success (colloq.) 4) to make a hit with (she made quite a hit with the audience) 5) a smash hit II v. 1) ( to strike ) to hit …
52To hit on — Hit Hit, v. i. 1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; followed by against or on. [1913 Webster] If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another? Locke. [1913 Webster] Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on …
53hit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, success, smash; favorite; popularity. v. strike, club, batter; touch, contact, reach, find; knock, smite; slang, bump off. See arrival, impulse, killing. II (Roget s IV) I modif. Syn. shot …
54hit on — [verb] think up, arrive at, discover, invent, light upon, strike upon, stumble on * * * hit on (or upon) 1) discover or think of, esp. by chance she hit on a novel idea for fund raising 2) informal make sexual advances toward. hit upattempt to… …
55hit on — I (Roget s IV) , v. Syn. realize, come upon, stumble on; see discover , find 1 , recognize 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I (or upon) verb 1. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, surprise, take. Informal: hit. See SURPRISE. 2 …
56hit-or-miss — adjective dependent upon or characterized by chance a haphazard plan of action his judgment is rather hit or miss • Syn: ↑haphazard • Similar to: ↑random • Derivationally related forms: ↑haphazardness …
57hit — I. verb (hit; hitting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse hitta to meet with, hit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to reach with or as if with a blow b. to come in contact with < the ball …
58hit — verb (hits, hitting, hit) 1》 direct a blow at with one s hand or a tool or weapon. ↘accidentally strike (part of one s body) against something. ↘(of a moving object or body) come into contact with (someone or something stationary) quickly …
59Hit 'Em Up — Infobox Single Name = Hit Em Up Artist = 2Pac featuring Outlawz Album = Greatest Hits B side = How Do U Want It Released = 4 June 1996 Format = 12 inch single Recorded = 1996 Genre = Rap Label = Death Row/Interscope Writer = Producer = Johnny J… …
60hit — 1. verb 1) Syn: strike, beat, punch, thump, thrash; informal whack, wallop, bash, clout, belt; Brit.; informal stick one on; N.Amer.; informal slug; Austral. / NZ; informal dong, quilt …
