- (v.t.) To guess; to light upon or discover.
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
- (v.t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
- (v.t.) To take up or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (v.i.) To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
- (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
- (v.t.) To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
- (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Hit.
- (n.) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
- (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (n.) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
- (v.i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance or luck.
- (pron.) It.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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