How do you use the word "hit" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "hit" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hit": I really need to hit somebody. It is easier to hit on people on the Internet than in the street.

Hit Meaning

/hɪt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo strike.

verbTo strike., To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

Sentence Examples

I really need to hit somebody.

It is easier to hit on people on the Internet than in the street.

I was afraid he was going to hit me.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

bang smash strike

Antonyms:

miss

CEFR Practice Quiz

The baseball player swung the bat and managed to ____ the ball.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The baseball player managed to ____ a home run during the final inning of the championship game.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti Proto-Germanic *hittijaną Old Norse hittader. Old English hyttan Middle English hitten English hit Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish hitta (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk hitta, hitte (“to meet; to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”). Probably also related to Dutch hei (“mallet”), German Heie (“wooden hammer, mallet”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge." — 1922-1927, Frank Harris, My Life and Loves:

"Bello: (Shouts) Good, by the rumping jumping general! That's the best bit of news I heard these six weeks. Here, don't keep me waiting, damn you! (He slaps her face) Bello: (Whimpers) You're after hitting me. I'll tell[…]" — 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 15]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

"I hunted him for half a hour, aiming to learn him to hit a man with a table-leg and then run, but I didn't find him." — 1934, Robert E. Howard, The Slugger's Game:

"a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face." — 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):

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