1. The act of contacting one thing with another
   "repeated hitting raised a large bruise";
   - hit, striking

1. Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
   "He hit her hard in the face"
    
2. Cause to move by striking
   "hit a ball"
    
3. Come into sudden contact with
   "The car hit a tree";
   - strike, impinge on, run into, collide with, impact
    
4. Strike with a missile from a weapon
   "The sniper hit the target";
   - shoot, pip
    
5. Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
   "We were hit by really bad weather";
   - strike
    
6. Be at the destination after some time, either real or abstract
   "We hit Detroit by noon"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts";
   - reach, make, attain, arrive at, gain
    
7. Strike the intended target or goal
   "The archer hit the bullseye"
    
8. Cause to experience suddenly
   "An interesting idea hit her";
   - strike, come to
    
9. Encounter by chance
   "We hit upon an excellent restaurant in the old town";
   - stumble
    
10. Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
    "The Germans hit Poland on Sept. 1, 1939";
    - strike
     
11. Drive something violently into a location
    "he hit his fist on the table";
    - strike
     
12. Get to a certain state, level, or point in time
    "The thermometer hit 100 degrees";
    - reach, attain
     
13. Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
    "The pianist hits a middle C";
    - strike
     
14. Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
    "He tries to hit on women in bars"

Type of: act, affect, approach, arrive, assail, attack, bear on, bear upon, bring home the bacon [informal], come, come by, come into, come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, displace, get, impact, impel, injure, move, occur, propel, succeed, touch, touching, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win, wound

Encyclopedia: Hitting