hitten

Verb

hit (third-person singular simple present hits, present participle hitting, simple past hit or (dialectal, obsolete) hat or (rare, dialectal) het, past participle hit or (dialectal, obsolete) hat or (rare, dialectal) het or (archaic, rare, dialectal) hitten)

1. (physical, transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
   • One boy hit the other.

   Synonyms:

   beat

2. (physical, transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
   • The ball hit the fence.
3. (intransitive, physical) To strike against something.
   • I can't get anything to hit at that distance.
4. (physical, transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
   • Hit the Enter key to continue.
5. (physical, slang, transitive) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
   • Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.

   Synonyms:

   bump off

6. (physical, transitive) To attack, especially amphibiously.
   • If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.

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