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hit the spot

hit the spot verb: to be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.

Verb

hit the spot (third-person singular simple present hits the spot, present participle hitting the spot, simple past and past participle hit the spot)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.
    • Some ice cold lemonade would hit the spot on a warm afternoon.
    • Even in the Midwestern summer heat, Al’s dogs hit the spot. Chicago is indisputably a hot-dog town, and there may be no better time than summer to feel that sunshine in your hands.2022 July 21, Eric Kim, “Welcome to Chicago, Hot Dog Town, U.S.A.”, in The New York Times

hit the spot meaning in Bengali

hit the spot in Bengali

বিশেষভাবে সন্তোষজনক, উপযুক্ত হওয়া, একদম সঠিক হওয়া

Synonyms of hit the spot

Forms of hit the spot

third-person singular presenthits the spot
present participlehitting the spot
past participlehit the spot
pasthit the spot

Origin of hit the spot

Likely originally reflecting either the same metaphor as scratch the itch or a shooting-at-a-target metaphor, although not always perceived through those lenses anymore.

Questions about hit the spot

What does hit the spot mean?
Hit the spot means to be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.
What is hit the spot in Bengali?
Hit the spot in Bengali is বিশেষভাবে সন্তোষজনক, উপযুক্ত হওয়া, একদম সঠিক হওয়া. See Hit the spot meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hit the spot?
Hit the spot is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit the spot?
The past tense of hit the spot is hit the spot.

Words near hit the spot in the dictionary

  1. hit the shops
  2. hit the shower
  3. hit the showers
  4. hit the silk
  5. hit the skids
  6. hit the spot
  7. hit the stores
  8. hit the streets
  9. hit the trail
  10. hit the wall
  11. hit them licks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hit the spot (page history and authors); hit the spot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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