hit

Dictionary definition · hit

(baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)"he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
the act of contacting one thing with another"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
a conspicuous success"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together"the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
a dose of a narcotic drug
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate"it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

cause to move by striking"hit a ball"
hit against; come into sudden contact with"The car hit a tree"
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument"He hit her hard in the face"
reach a destination, either real or abstract"We hit Detroit by noon"
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely"We were hit by really bad weather"
hit with a missile from a weapon

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).