How to sign: a connection made via the internet to another website
"WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide";
Categories: connection, connexion, joining
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: smasher, smash, bang, strike
Categories: success
Within this category: blockbuster, sleeper
How to sign: (physics) an 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";
Similiar / Same: collision
Categories: contact, impinging, striking
How to sign: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
"He hit her hard in the face";
Categories: touch
Within this category: bat, bat, bat, bean, belt, box, brain, buffet, clap, club, conk, cosh, crack, cudgel, cut, get, hook, kick, lam into, pop, pummel, punch, sandbag, slam, slug, smack, smash, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, whack
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: reach, arrive at, attain, gain, make
Within this category: access, bottom out, breast, catch up, culminate, find, get through, ground, make, peak, scale, summit, top, top out
How to sign: gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season";
Similiar / Same: score, rack up, tally
Categories: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win
Within this category: ace, convert, convert, convert, eagle, equalize, have, hole up, homer, kick, par, shoot, walk