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Meanings of hit in English

Portuguese
estrondo
Catalan
èxit
Spanish
exitazo
Wikidata

A conspicuous success.

estrondo
Portuguese
bater
Catalan
topar
Spanish
ocurrir
Wikidata

Hit against; come into sudden contact with.

bater
Synonyms
Examples for "strike"
Examples for "strike"
1
Alternatively; something said could strike the right note at the right time!
The South African
2
Public health doctors seem set to ballot for strike action over pay.
The Irish Times
3
How much money has the South African economy lost through strike action?
The South African
4
The strike would continue until the government agreed to talks, he said.
Reuters
5
The union said a strike would cost BA £40 million a day.
The Irish Times
1
The message is clear: big bang Friday was a good day's work.
Reuters
2
Not after the bang: the heart attack I had two years ago.
The Irish Times
3
I think that's an absolutely bang-on way to go about arranging society.
The Guardian
4
Uncertainty and reality collided with a bang for Americans and American tennis.
The Guardian
5
Another week of Isidingo means we start Monday off with a bang.
The South African
1
Second serve: Goran slips when he 's about to smash the return.
The Guardian
2
To summarize: Three steps must be taken to smash the war racket.
War is a racket
3
They want to smash trade unions and end the right to strike.
The Irish Times
4
The Protestants continued to smash images; the Catholics to mob the Protestants.
The Age of the Reformation
5
Obviously they'd just used something to smash through the ground floor doors.
Shade's children
1
Last night's show was a smasher, an occasion when absolutely everything was right.
The Irish Times
2
In all of them, except the last, I was a maker, not a smasher.
Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
3
The smasher was Scottish and the biscuit a ginger nut.
The Guardian
4
I did n't sign the pledge, and I'm as sober, sober as a brandy-smasher!
Town and Country; Or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Withi...
5
We're talking about the Large Hadron Collider, the largest subatomic particle smasher in the world.
The Irish Times
Portuguese
batida

The act of contacting one thing with another.

batida
Portuguese
matar
Catalan
eliminar
Spanish
quitar de enmedio

To unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being.

matar
Usage of hit in English
1
Any weakening of consumer confidence could hit Linden Homes' market in particular.
Reuters
2
New business and export business measures hit new series lows as well.
The Irish Times
3
Higher oil prices hit certain stocks on concerns of higher fuel costs.
Reuters
4
Crime has hit a 12-year low in Northern Ireland, police said yesterday.
The Irish Times
5
A deepening economic crisis in Asia and Europe will hit Genting hard.
Reuters
6
He wants to see that number hit 1 billion within five years.
Wired
7
Besides Europe, countries were hit in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Reuters
8
Late last year, a proposal to regulate bank fees hit local markets.
Reuters
9
The issue of casualisation and part time working conditions hit the floor.
The Irish Times
10
Question of the Week: Should we hit pause on the 1916 debate?
The Irish Times
11
Its operations have also come under pressure in its recession-hit home market.
Reuters
12
The UK also hit a new solar power high on 20 April.
The Guardian
13
Striking health workers hit back at claims they're putting patients at risk.
Radio NZ
14
Price rises in recent months hit their highest levels in 30 years.
Reuters
15
The case relates to a hit and run incident 10 years ago.
BBC
16
New York cocoa last month hit its lowest level since August 2007.
Reuters