hitting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hitting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hitting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hitting n the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" Synonym(s): hit, hitting, striking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hitting}.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.] 1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at). I think you have hit the mark. --Shak. 2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit. Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. --Locke. There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. --Dryden. Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton. He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson. 3. To guess; to light upon or discover. [bd]Thou hast hit it.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point. {To hit off}, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple. {To hit out}, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.