Hit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blockbuster noun A film, book, or other creative work that is enormously popular and commercially successful.
- hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
Senses
Hit is used for these senses in English:
- blockbuster (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
- hit (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- hit (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- hit (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
blockbuster — full definition
- noun A film, book, or other creative work that is enormously popular and commercially successful.
- noun Anything unusually large, impressive, or impactful.
hit — full definition
- verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
- verb To reach or achieve a target, level, or milestone.
- verb To affect someone or something negatively or suddenly.
- noun Something very popular or successful, such as a song or movie.
- noun A blow, strike, or instance of hitting.