hitting

Plural: hittings

Noun

• The action of striking something forcibly.
• the act of contacting one thing with another
  • "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
• A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.

Verb

• cause to move by striking
• hit against; come into sudden contact with
• deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
• reach a destination, either real or abstract
• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
• hit with a missile from a weapon
• encounter by chance
• gain points in a game
• cause to experience suddenly
• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
• kill intentionally and with premeditation
• drive something violently into a location
• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
• consume to excess
• hit the intended target or goal
• pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
• present participle and gerund of hit

Examples

• Hitting a bingo felt more satisfying than hitting a home run in Scrabble.
• The batter's hitting improved with practice.

Synonyms

arrive at, attain, bump off, collide with, come to, dispatch, gain, hit, impinge on, make, murder, off, pip, polish off, rack up, reach, remove, run into, score, shoot, slay, strike, striking, stumble, tally

Antonyms

miss