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Definition of hit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hit

noun
 
 
/hɪt/
 
/hɪt/
Idioms
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    act of hitting

  1.  
     an act of hitting somebody/something with your hand or with an object held in your hand
    • Give it a good hit.
    • He made the winning hit.
    see also free hit, king-hit
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • direct
    verb + hit
    • deliver
    • give something
    • land
    • …
    hit + noun
    • list
    • man
    • squad
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
     an occasion when something that has been thrown, fired, etc. at an object reaches that object; the fact of being hit by something
    • We finished the first round with a score of two hits and six misses.
    • One of the tanks took a direct hit.
    • The aircraft suffered seven hits in the raid.
    • Few structures can withstand a hit from a speeding car.
    • hit on something Enemy planes scored a hit on a supply ship.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • direct
    verb + hit
    • deliver
    • give something
    • land
    • …
    hit + noun
    • list
    • man
    • squad
    • …
    See full entry
    3.

    something popular

  3.  
     a person or thing that is very popular
    • He's just about to star in the hit musical, ‘Chicago’.
    • a hit show/comedy
    • Her new series is a smash hit.
    • a big/huge hit
    • The duo were a real hit in last year's show.
    • The film scored a major international hit.
    • a hit with somebody The films have proved a hit with older audiences.
    Extra Examples
    • The series has been a big hit with children.
    • He shot to fame in the hit TV show, ‘Friends’.
    • The fast-fit centres have proved a hit with motorists.
    • The film was a hit for him in 2023.
    Topics Successa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • greatest
    • huge
    • …
    hit + noun
    • album
    • film
    • movie
    • …
    preposition
    • hit with
    See full entry
    4.

    pop music

  4.  
     a successful pop song or record
    • They are about to release an album of their greatest hits.
    • She played all her old hits.
    • a hit single/song
    Extra Examples
    • She had a hit with ‘Only You’.
    • This is her third Number One hit record.
    • She is here to promote her latest chart hit.
    Topics Musica2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • greatest
    • huge
    • …
    hit + noun
    • album
    • film
    • movie
    • …
    preposition
    • hit with
    See full entry
    5.

    computing

  5. (computing) an occasion on which a web page is displayed or a file is downloaded from the internet
    • Our website is getting a lot of hits from the USA.
    • How many hits did you get?
  6. (computing) the fact of finding an item of data that matches a search
    • The search generated 1 848 hits.
    7.

    of drug

  7. (slang) an amount of an illegal drug that is taken at one time
    • a hit of cocaine/heroin
    8.

    murder

  8. (slang, especially North American English) a violent crime or murder see also hitman
    9. Word Originlate Old English hittan (in the sense ‘come upon, find’), from Old Norse hitta ‘come upon, meet with’, of unknown origin.
Idioms
be/make a hit (with somebody)
  1. to be liked very much by somebody when they first meet you
    • You’ve made a big hit with Bill.
take a hit
  1. to be damaged or badly affected by something
    • The airline industry took a hit last year.
See hit in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee hit in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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