Verb

1. To administer a blow to.

   One boy hit the other.

2. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

   The ball hit the fence.

3. To manage to touch in the right place.

   I hit the jackpot.

4. To kill a person on the instructions of a third party.

   Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.

5. In blackjack, to deal a card to.

   Hit me.

6. To come up to bat.

   Jones hit for the pitcher.

7. To go (somewhere).

   We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.

8. To begin; to start; to open.

   The movie hits theaters in December.

9. To use.

   The external web servers hit DBSRV7, the internal web server hits DBSRV3.

10. To affect negatively.

    The economy was hit by a recession.

11. To have sex with.

    I'd hit that.

12. To murder with premeditation for criminal or political purposes.

Noun

1. A blow; a punch.

   The hit was very slight.

2. A success, especially in the entertainment industry.

   The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

3. An attack on a location, person or people.
4. The result(s) of a search of a computer system or, for example, the entire Internet using a search engine
5. A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

   My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.

6. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
7. The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

   The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.

8. A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

   Where am I going to get my next hit?

9. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.