| noun | the act of contacting one thing with another “repeated hitting raised a large bruise” |
| verb | cause to move by striking “hit a ball” |
| verb | hit against; come into sudden contact with “The car hit a tree” |
| verb | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument “He hit her hard in the face” |
| verb | reach a destination, either real or abstract “We hit Detroit by noon” |
| verb | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely “We were hit by really bad weather” |
| verb | hit with a missile from a weapon |
| verb | encounter by chance “I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant” |
| verb | gain points in a game “The home team scored many times” |
| verb | cause to experience suddenly “Panic struck me” |
| verb | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target “The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939” |
| verb | kill intentionally and with premeditation “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered” |
| verb | drive something violently into a location “he hit his fist on the table” |
| verb | reach a point in time, or a certain state or level “The thermometer hit 100 degrees” |
| verb | produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically “The pianist strikes a middle C” |
| verb | consume to excess “hit the bottle” |
| verb | hit the intended target or goal |
| verb | pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to “He tries to hit on women in bars” |
| hit | verb | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| strike | verb | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| hitter | noun | someone who hits |
| hit | noun | (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) |
| hitting | noun | the act of contacting one thing with another |
| strike | noun | a gentle blow |
| striker | noun | someone who hits |
| striking | noun | the physical coming together of two or more things |
| attainment | noun | arrival at a new stage |
| shoot | noun | the act of shooting at targets |
| shooter | noun | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) |
| score | noun | the act of scoring in a game or sport |
| scorer | noun | a player who makes a score in a game or contest |
| tally | noun | a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely |
| murder | noun | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
| murderer | noun | a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
| slayer | noun | someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
| slaying | noun | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
| dispatch | noun | killing a person or animal |