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# hitting

verb (present participle of hit: hit, hits, hit, hitting); noun (hitting, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Hitting means touching something hard and fast, often with your hand or an object. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#m1)
2. Hitting a ball means striking it with a bat, racket or hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#m2)
3. Hitting can mean reaching something: hitting a target, hitting 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#m3)

### In the lessons

In behaviour and safety lessons: hitting other people is never OK; use words, walk away or tell an adult. In sport: hitting the ball in tennis, baseball, cricket. In science: forces happen when objects hit each other. Phrases: stop hitting, hitting it off (getting on well), hitting the books (studying hard).

### Examples

- Stop hitting your brother! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x1)
- She is good at hitting the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x2)
- The rain was hitting the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x3)
- Hitting is not allowed at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x4)
- The car is hitting the brakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x5)
- They are hitting it off already. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x6)
- The price is hitting new highs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x7)
- He kept hitting the target in archery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitting/#x8)

### Note

Double t: hitting. «Hit» stays the same in present, past and past participle (hit, hit, hit). In maths word problems, «hitting 100» means reaching 100.

## On Mova

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