Phrase Hound found 216 phrases and 84 compound words that contain hit. The most common are listed below. Open hit in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 216
- hit the roadTo begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.
- hit counterA numerical display on a web page indicating the number of times the page has been accessed.
- hit the wallTo experience sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion, e.g. when cycling.
- hit and runThe crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
- hit the floorTo get on the dance floor and dance.
- hit the roofTo be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
- hit the gasTo go; go faster.
- hit the booksTo study, especially with particular intensity.
- hit the spotTo be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.
- hit the deckTo drop to a lying or other low position, especially quickly.
- hit the buttonTo be very satisfying; to be just the thing needed or desired in some particular situation.
- Free hit
- hit the streetsTo go out in search of something or for a specific purpose.
- smash hitSomething that is tremendously popular or successful.
- hit the boardTo finish in first, second, third or fourth place, thus appearing on the winners' board.
- hit the headto urinate or defecate; to go to the bathroom
- hit the netTo score a goal.
- hit pointA unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character or object can withstand before it is defeated or destroyed.
- hit upTo visit with or contact someone, especially with a definite purpose.
- hard hitIn severe difficulties; greatly affected by a problem.
- hit the ceilingAlternative form of hit the roof: To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
- pinch hitA hit made by a pinch hitter.
- hit a wallTo come up against an insurmountable problem.
- hit backTo retaliate
- hit the bottleTo drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.
Compound words 84
- hitterOne who or that which hits.
- hitzInformal spelling of hits; plural of hit.
- hitboxAn invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model.
- hitmakerA musician who frequently produces hits; a star.
- hitmarkerAn audiovisual cue indicating that an enemy has been hit.
- hitscanA calculation to find the point at which a given line intersects an object in the game world, commonly used to determine whether a bullet or projectile hits a target.
- nonhitA song, etc. that fails to become a hit.
- unhitNot having been hit.
- hitwomanThe female equivalent of a hitman; a female assassin for hire.
- underhitTo hit with insufficient force.