hit
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～ reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
hit
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～ kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
hit
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～ affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
hit
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～ a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
hit
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～ the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
hit
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～ (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
hit
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～ a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
hit
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～ a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
hit
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～ (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"
hitch
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～ jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
hitch
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～ to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"
hitch
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～ walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
hitch
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～ travel by getting free rides from motorists
hitch
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～ connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
half hitch
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～ a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double
hitch
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～ a period of time spent in military service
hitch
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～ a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot