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hit
noun as in strike, bump
noun as in entertainment success
verb as in strike
Strongest matches
bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, kick, knock, knock out, nail, pop, punch, slap, smack, whack
Strong matches
bang, bash, blitz, box, brain, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, hammer, hook, jab, KO, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, lob, pellet, pelt, percuss, pound, rap, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whang
Weak matches
give a black eye, knock around, let fly, let have it, ride roughshod
verb as in collide, bump into
Example Sentences
“All of us know where we were when the tsunami hit,” he said.
That sale came after Jones was hit with a staggering defamation judgment ordering that he pay $1.4 billion to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting.
The central belt was hit by more snow that anticipated early on Saturday, causing widespread problems on the roads.
Speaking to the BBC, he said he thought of himself as too old to be called a lookalike but friends had always said he resembled the hero of Steven Knight's hit series.
Some ideas include buying some cheap dishes at a thrift store and breaking them in the driveway, ripping up an old T-shirt or hitting some rocks with a hammer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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