hitting

[US]/hitiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. impact; stretching; striking

Phrases & Collocations

hitting home runs

hitting the target

hitting the ball

hitting the brakes

hitting the road

hitting a milestone

hitting a nerve

Example Sentences

shame on you for hitting a woman.

a hard-hitting anti-fox-hunting poster.

more and more teenagers are hitting the books.

the gunners were nervous of hitting their own planes.

He’s really hitting the bottle at the moment.

Poor Bill's hitting the bottle again!

The voters are hitting out at the government's latest decisions.

The plane banked sharply before landing to avoid hitting the building.

One car narrowly missed hitting the other one.

prices rose unchecked, hitting the poor worst of all.

a brief sightseeing tour hitting the must-sees; a movie that's a must-see.

Don't worry, I won't be hitting the absinthe or the mugwort to try to induce the visions tonight. I'm knackered.

The boxer fouled his opponent by hitting him below the belt.

The boxer is hitting with his right arm, guarding with his left.

Bill has been hitting the bottle a lot lately. I think he has problems.

The TV presenter found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist while driving.

According to one eye witness, the man ‘went postal, and started hitting his computer’.

She never raised a hand against her daughter because she didn’t believe in hitting children.

The monied-men who buy my cues naturally want the best hitting and longest lasting cue their money can buy.

"Hitting those targets will give us much more confidence in the ratings," says Steve Sinicropi, a Cox Radio Inc. executive who serves as the chairman of a broadcasters' advisory council to Arbitron.

Real-world Examples

The Beatles had many smash hits in the 1960s.

Source: Four-level vocabulary frequency weekly plan

That's probably because your steak hit the microwave before it hit your plate.

Source: Popular Science Essays

Are you going to hit him? I'd totally hit him.

Source: Modern Family - Season 02

He heard Dudley blundering away, hitting the alley fence, stumbling.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

You didn't hit on her. She hit on you.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

And I know you ain't hitting nobody.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

Keep going! Hit 40! - He'll never hit 40.

Source: Kung Fu Panda 2

For months, the Leave campaign has been hitting the streets.

Source: VOA Standard Speed Compilation June 2016

The impact of the virus isn't just hitting travelers.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation February 2020

Does the response wait until it hits some threshold?

Source: Science in 60 Seconds March 2017 Collection

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