hit is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
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Plain form
hit

Third-person singular
hits

Past tense
hit

Past participle
hit

Present participle
hitting

  1. (transitive & intransitive) If you hit someone or something, then you touch them hard and fast.
    The bully got suspended for hitting the boy in the face.
    The red car was turning when the blue car hit it.
  2. The past tense and past participle of hit.
  3. If you hit on someone, you flirt with them.
    I'm just gonna be hitting on chicks tonight

Singular
hit

Plural
hits

  1. A punch.
    The hit almost knocked me out.
  2. A great success, especially in the entertainment industry.
    His new musical comedy was a hit with audiences and critics.
    He had so many hits last year that he was elected to the Musical Comedy Hall of Fame.