Dictionary Check: hit

"hit" is a valid word!

Scrabble 6 points
Words with Friends 5 points

Definition

noun

(baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)

Example: "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
noun

the act of contacting one thing with another

Example: "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
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noun

a conspicuous success

Example: "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
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(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

Example: "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
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noun

a dose of a narcotic drug

noun

a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

Example: "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

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