What is the meaning of hitting?

noun

• The act of contacting one thing with another.
  • usage: "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
  • synonyms: hit, striking

verb

• Cause to move by striking.
  • usage: "hit a ball"
  • synonyms: hit
• Hit against; come into sudden contact with.
  • usage: "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
  • synonyms: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.
  • usage: "He hit her hard in the face"
  • synonyms: hit
• Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
• Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.
  • usage: "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
  • synonyms: hit, strike
• Hit with a missile from a weapon.
  • synonyms: shoot, hit, pip
• Encounter by chance.
  • usage: "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
  • synonyms: stumble, hit
• Gain points in a game.
  • usage: "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit. 300 in the past season"
  • synonyms: score, hit, tally, rack up
• Cause to experience suddenly.
  • usage: "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
  • synonyms: hit, strike, come to
• Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.
  • usage: "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"
  • synonyms: strike, hit
• Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
  • usage: "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
  • synonyms: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
• Drive something violently into a location.
  • usage: "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
  • synonyms: hit, strike
• Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.
  • usage: "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
  • synonyms: reach, hit, attain
• Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"
  • synonyms: strike, hit
• Consume to excess.
  • usage: "hit the bottle"
  • synonyms: hit
• Hit the intended target or goal.
  • synonyms: hit
• Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to.
  • usage: "He tries to hit on women in bars"
  • synonyms: hit