hitting in English

verb

1

bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully.

the woman hit the mugger with her umbrella

synonyms: strike, slap, smack, spank, cuff, punch, thump, swat, beat, thrash, batter, pound, pummel, box someone's ears, whip, flog, cane, whack, wallop, bash, bop, clout, clip, clobber, sock, swipe, crown, beat the living daylights out of, knock someone around, belt, tan, lay into, let someone have it, deck, floor, slug, smite

2

cause harm or distress to.

the area has been badly hit by business closures

3

(of a missile or a person aiming one) strike (a target).

the sniper fired and hit a third man

4

propel (a ball) with a bat, racket, stick, etc., to score or attempt to score runs or points in a game.

Under pressure to hit it quickly, the midfielder boomed his shot high over the crossbar.

noun

hit, striking

verb

strike, crash into, reach, occur to, arrive at, bump off, pip, score, come to, collide with, stumble
strike, slap, smack, spank, cuff, punch, thump, swat, beat, thrash, batter, pound, pummel, box someone's ears, whip, flog, cane, whack, wallop, bash, bop, clout, clip, clobber, sock, swipe, crown, beat the living daylights out of, knock someone around, belt, tan, lay into, let someone have it, deck, floor, slug, smite
crash into, run into, smash into, smack into, knock into, bump into, plow into, collide with, meet head-on, impact
reach, touch, arrive at, rise to, climb to
occur to, strike, dawn on, come to, enter one's head, cross one's mind, come to mind, spring to one's mind
arrive at, make, reach, attain, gain
bump off, off, murder, remove, slay, dispatch, polish off
reach, attain
pip, shoot
strike
score, tally, rack up
come to, strike
collide with, strike, impinge on, run into
stumble

Use "hitting" in a sentence

1. Hitting the road!

2. Lay off hitting me!

3. No hitting in the head.

4. Why are you hitting me?

5. You're hitting more than missing.

6. It must not hit the floor after hitting the racket and before hitting the front wall.

7. This is hitting the reservoirs.

8. It's actually hitting a tooth.

9. Hitting and teasing each other.

10. She narrowly missed hitting him.

11. Also Confusing in 2011 was it was the same hitting coach, Dwayne Murphy delivering a modified hitting philosophy

12. The Role of Backspin in Hitting

13. I don't agree with hitting children.

14. Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat.

15. Clomp (noun) The hitting the ground loudly

16. I remember the ball hitting my hands.

17. She flew at him, hitting and kicking.

18. Poor Bill's hitting the bottle again!

19. What you hitting him with, a blackjack?

20. Them I Ain't hitting', I ain't aiming'at.

21. Hitting someone is an example of to Assail.

22. Danny, you're hitting on a woman who's taken.

23. Because I'm hitting that and it's totally hot.

24. 27 I barely restrained myself from hitting him.

25. Other first Basemen on the Harrisburg roster include Aldrem Corredor, hitting .272 through Saturday, and Allan Berrios, hitting .186

26. 18 Fouls include hitting below the belt , using a rabbit punch, and hitting a man when he is down.

27. Now, as you uncoil make sure to stop the trunk and hitting shoulder just before contact, this deceleration of the trunk and hitting shoulder allows the hitting arm to now accelerate into the shot.

28. In Brumaires icon, he's hitting the dab

29. I barely restrained myself from hitting him.

30. The second projectile exploded after hitting a tank.

31. Verb When large metal objects Clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard

32. Boomers Hire Brice Davis as New Hitting Coach

33. Prestamp half-annoyingly Amazonia farfetched switch-hitting Acupunctuate

34. Shock absorbing device for hydraulic rotary hitting apparatus

35. The storm's hitting hard and there's no hotels.

36. At midnight tonight, we're hitting Duncan's Toy Chest.

37. What makes her swerve without hitting the brakes?

38. Mine was hitting my chest in a frenzy!

39. 21 It was a muscular, hard-hitting documentary.

40. The young man died from the car's hitting.

41. She could barely restrain herself from hitting him.

42. Just try to concentrate on hitting the ball.

43. They included hitting the hedgehog with a flamingo.

44. He shot several bullets before hitting the target.Sentencedict.com

45. These are now technologies that are hitting critical mass.

46. So I started hitting the NYU dorms around midnight.

47. Mets’ Rojas Condemns behavior of fired hitting coordinator

48. ALF, have you been hitting the catnip again?

49. Kevin pounced on Liam and started hitting him.

50. "Crack!" — The first shot rang out, hitting Paolo.