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

1. Cause to move by striking
   "hit a ball"
    
2. Come into sudden contact with
   "The car hit a tree";
   - strike, impinge on, run into, collide with, impact
    
3. Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
   "He hit her hard in the face"
    
4. Be at the destination after some time, either real or abstract; come to a given position
   "We hit Detroit by noon"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts";
   - reach, make, attain, arrive at, gain
    
5. Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
   "We were hit by really bad weather";
   - strike
    
6. Strike with a missile from a weapon
   - shoot, pip
    
7. Encounter by chance
   "I hit across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant";
   - stumble
    
8. Cause to experience suddenly
   "An interesting idea hit her";
   - strike, come to
    
9. Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
   "The Germans hit Poland on Sept. 1, 1939";
   - strike
    
10. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
    "The mafia boss ordered his enemies hit";
    - murder, slay [literary], dispatch, bump off [informal], off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], remove, croak
     
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. Strike the intended target or goal
     
15. Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
    "He tries to hit on women in bars"

Type of: 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, kill, move, propel, succeed, touch, touch on, touching, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win, wound

Encyclopedia: Hitting