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'it

'it is the pronunciation spelling of hit.

Meaning of hit

Noun

hit (plural hits)

  1. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
    • So he the fam'd Cilician fencer prais'd, / And, at each hit, with wonder seem'd amaz'd.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fourth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
  2. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
    • Marie Taglioni was another hit for Her Majesty's Theatre last season, and will be a hit again this season[…]1848, “Her Majesty's Theatre”, in The Musical World, volume 23
  3. (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
    • His reputation took a hit when the new information came to light.
  4. An attack on a location, person or people.
  5. A collision of a projectile with the target.
    • But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris...2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
    1. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.

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Forms of 'it

Noun
plural'its
Verb
third-person singular present'its
present participle'ittin'
past participle'it
past'it

Origin of 'it

A representation of the pronunciation of hit by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]). Not to be confused with hit, which is a dialectal variant of the pronoun it.

Phrases with 'it

Questions about 'it

What is 'it the pronunciation spelling of?
'it is the pronunciation spelling of hit.

Words near 'it in the dictionary

  1. 'Irāq
  2. 'is
  3. 'ismah
  4. 'istorical
  5. 'istory
  6. 'it
  7. 'its
  8. 'ittin'
  9. 'jects
  10. 'kay
  11. 'keeper

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