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# hit

verb (hit, hits, hit, hitting); noun (a hit, hits)

«hit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To touch someone or something hard and fast with your hand, a bat or an object. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m1)
2. To bump into something by accident: «The car hit a tree». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m2)
3. A noun: a hit or blow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m3)
4. A noun: a very popular song, film or thing: «The song was a big hit». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m4)
5. To reach: hit a target, hit 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m5)
6. Of something bad: to affect suddenly: «The storm hit the town». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m6)
7. In some dialects, hit is an old word used instead of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#m7)

### In the lessons

In behaviour lessons: hitting hurts and is never okay, even when angry — use words and walk away, tell an adult if someone hits you. In sport: hit the ball with a bat or racket; in cricket and baseball «a hit». In safety: a car can hit you, so stop, look and listen. In stories: the storm hit, the idea hit her. Phrases: hit the ball, hit back, a big hit, hit the target, hit it off (get on well), hit the road (leave), hit on an idea.

### Examples

- It's never okay to hit someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x1)
- She hit the ball over the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x2)
- The car almost hit the cyclist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x3)
- The song was a big hit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x4)
- He hit his head on the shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x5)
- The arrow hit the target. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x6)
- We hit it off on the first day and became friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x7)
- The idea hit me in the middle of the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x8)
- Hit's des like I tell you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/#x9)

### Note

Irregular, the same in all forms: hit, hit, hit (yesterday I hit — not «hitted»). Double t: hitting. Telling an adult when someone hits you is the right thing, not telling tales.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hit.html) on Mova free.