Hit vs. Hurt
Hitverb
To strike.
Hitverb
(transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
Hitverb
(transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
Hitverb
(intransitive) To strike against something.
Hitverb
To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
Hitverb
To attack, especially amphibiously.
Hitverb
To briefly visit.
Hitverb
To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
Hitverb
(heading) To attain, to achieve.
Hitverb
To reach or achieve.
Hitverb
(intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
Hitverb
To guess; to light upon or discover.
Hitverb
(transitive) To affect negatively.
Hitverb
(metaphorically) To attack.
Hitverb
To make a play.
Hitverb
In blackjack, to deal a card to.
Hitverb
To come up to bat.
Hitverb
(backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
Hitverb
To use; to connect to.
Hitverb
To have sex with.
Hitverb
To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
Hitnoun
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
Hitnoun
Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
Hitnoun
An attack on a location, person or people.
Hitnoun
In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
Hitnoun
A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
Hitnoun
(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
Hitnoun
An approximately correct answer in a test set.
Hitnoun
(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
Hitnoun
(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
Hitnoun
A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
Hitnoun
(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
Hitnoun
(backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
Hitnoun
(backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
Hitadjective
Very successful.
Hitpronoun
(dialectal) It.
Hitpronoun
It.
Hit
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
Hitverb
To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
Hitverb
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.
Hitverb
To guess; to light upon or discover.
Hitverb
To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; - said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
Hitverb
To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; - followed by against or on.
Hitverb
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, - often with implied chance, or luck.
Hitnoun
A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
Hitnoun
A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit;
Hitnoun
A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
Hitnoun
A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
Hitnoun
A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; - sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
Hitnoun
An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin.
Hitnoun
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);
Hitnoun
the act of contacting one thing with another;
Hitnoun
a conspicuous success;
Hitnoun
(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together;
Hitnoun
a dose of a narcotic drug
Hitnoun
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;
Hitnoun
a connection made via the internet to another website;
Hitverb
cause to move by striking;
Hitverb
hit against; come into sudden contact with;
Hitverb
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;
Hitverb
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
Hitverb
reach a destination, either real or abstract;
Hitverb
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;
Hitverb
hit with a missile from a weapon
Hitverb
cause to experience suddenly;
Hitverb
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;
Hitverb
hit the intended target or goal
Hitverb
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;
Hitverb
encounter by chance;
Hitverb
gain points in a game;
Hitverb
consume to excess;
Hitverb
kill intentionally and with premeditation;
Hitverb
drive something violently into a location;
Hitverb
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
Hurtverb
(intransitive) To be painful.
Hurtverb
(transitive) To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
Hurtverb
(transitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
Hurtverb
(transitive) To undermine, impede, or damage.
Hurtadjective
Wounded, physically injured.
Hurtadjective
Pained.
Hurtnoun
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
Hurtnoun
(archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
Hurtnoun
(archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm
Hurtnoun
(heraldry) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
Hurtnoun
(engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Hurtnoun
A husk.
Hurtnoun
A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Hurtverb
To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
Hurtverb
To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
Hurtverb
To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
Hurtnoun
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Hurtnoun
psychological suffering;
Hurtnoun
feelings of mental or physical pain
Hurtnoun
a damage or loss
Hurtnoun
the act of damaging something or someone
Hurtverb
be the source of pain
Hurtverb
give trouble or pain to;
Hurtverb
cause emotional anguish or make miserable;
Hurtverb
cause damage or affect negatively;
Hurtverb
hurt the feelings of;
Hurtverb
feel physical pain;
Hurtverb
feel pain or be in pain
Hurtadjective
suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle;
Hurtadjective
used of inanimate objects or their value
Hurtverb
cause pain or injury to
Hurtverb
(of a part of the body) suffer pain
Hurtverb
cause distress to
Hurtverb
(of a person) feel distress
Hurtverb
be detrimental to
Hurtverb
have a pressing need for
Hurtadjective
physically injured
Hurtadjective
distressed or offended by another person's behaviour
Hurtnoun
physical injury; harm
Hurtnoun
emotional pain or distress
