hit

drive something violently into a location

“he hit his fist on the table”

encounter by chance

cause to experience suddenly

“An interesting idea hit her”

the act of contacting one thing with another

“repeated hitting raised a large bruise”

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

reach a destination, either real or abstract

“We hit Detroit by noon”

hit against; come into sudden contact with

“The car hit a tree”

a connection made via the internet to another website

“WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide”

a dose of a narcotic drug

a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

“it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit”