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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

  1. noun A film, book, or other creative work that is enormously popular and commercially successful.
  2. noun Anything unusually large, impressive, or impactful.

hit — full definition

  1. verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
  2. verb To reach or achieve a target, level, or milestone.
  3. verb To affect someone or something negatively or suddenly.
  4. noun Something very popular or successful, such as a song or movie.
  5. noun A blow, strike, or instance of hitting.

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