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hit
verb
to send someone an electronic page US- — Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), 28 June 2004
- to inject drugs into a vein US, 1949
- If one of them was nervous and he couldn’t hit himself, if he would asks me I would hit him myself. I hit a lot of guys in my day. — Jeremy Larner and Ralph Tefferteller, The Addict in the Street, p. 37, 1964
- But the trouble began when I ranked my hand / And stopped blowing and started to hit. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 84, 1976
- Arnie gave her stuff and asked me to hit her. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 173, 1980
- to take an inhalation of marijuana smoke US, 1952
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 261, 1986
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
- to smoke (marijuana) US
- You hit a stick and you’re gay. — Hal Ellson, Duke, p. 3, 1949
- to guess correctly the day’s number in an illegal lottery US
- Here I been playing for years and the first drop of the bucket you hits for that kinda money. — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, p. 325, 1947
- He said as soon as he hit a number, he would use the winnings to organize his band. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 45, 1964
- And when people hit, they would give you some. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 191, 1965
- He allowed his clients to pay him in weekly installments since few people in the Ward ever had five hundred dollars at one time, unless they hit the numbers, stole it, or inherited it via some insurance firm. — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 29, 1968
- He’d been lucky then because nobody ever hit on him for over fifty cents. — Donald Gaines, El Dorado Red, p. 26, 1974
- It’s an everyday grind for that rice and grits / A constant watch for that number that never hits. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 164, 1976
- Bed-Stuy is the kind of neighborhood where the only people with money are drug dealers; people who hit the daily number; and people who got hit by cars, sued, and got paid. — Chris Rock, Rock This!, p. 41, 1997
- to kill in a planned, professional manner US, 1949
- There is no doubt, however, that The Mick’s brother was “hit.” In hood talk, when you are hit, you are killed dead. Completely dead. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 60, 1956
- They hit the Polack two years ago, it’s nothing concerns me. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 100, 1971
- “Who hit him?” “Outta town talent. It was a specialist kind of job.” — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor, p. 20, 1982
- Even if he survives the trial without going insane or being hit like Lee Harvey Oswald by his own people, he will be better off marrying a Miskito Indian or even a fat young boy from some cannibal tribe in Ecuador than crawling out of the courtroom[.] — Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine, p. 169, 13 October 1986
- to rob US
- “What’d he hit?” asks Mule. “The commissary store.” — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 17, 1970
- The store had never been hit and naturally this permitted a laxity of surveillance. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 7, 1970
- to cover with graffiti US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 141, 1997
- to visit, to go to a place US
- I’ve gotta hit the bathroom. — Mallrats, 1995
- to serve a drink US, 1932
- Jack paused, touching his glass. “Why don’t you hit it one more time.” — Elmore Leonard, Bandits, p. 20, 1987
- to ask for something, especially money US, 1894
- And no, Steve, you’re not going to hit me for the royalties. — Tony Wilson, 24 Hour Party People, p. 6, 2002
- to telephone someone with a mobile phone US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, November 2002
- to win TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
From cricket. - — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- to have sex US
- — Rick Ayers (Editor), Berkeley High Slang Dictionary, p. 26, 2004
▶ be hit with a bit
to be sentenced to prison US, 1962
From BIT— Frank Prewitt and Francis Schaeffer, Vacaville Vocabulary, 1961–1962▶ can’t hit the bull in the arse with a scoop shovel
to be physically or mentally useless CANADA, 1987
“This expression describes someone who is totally uncoordinated. As this involves both a broad weapon and a broad target it refers not to poor marksmanship, but rather to a total inability to act in a coordinated manner.” Chris Thain,
Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, 1987.▶ hit a hurdle
to die; to suffer a severe setback AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 38, 1989
▶ hit a lick- to commit a robbery US
- Jones and Stark approached him and asked him if he wanted to go “hit a lick at the old folks’ home.” — Tampa (Florida) Tribune, p. 1, 4 January 2001
- to masturbate US
- — Jeffrey Ian Ross, Behind Bars, p. 188, 2002: Slammer slang
▶ hit daylight
to be released from prison US- He’ll tell you that if there’s one thing in the world I hate to do, it’s lock up a man who’s just hit daylight. — Gerald Petievich, Shakedown, p. 91, 1988
▶ hit for six
to demolish another’s argument, proposal or plan UK, 1937
A figurative use of a cricketing term.- Rivals hit for six as cricket giants merge — The Guardian, 24 February 2003
▶ hit in the seat
an act of anal intercourse US- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 33, 1976
▶ hit it
to have sex US, 2007- “So just ’cause you been hittin’ it with his ho he capped you?” — Jason Starr, Lights Out, p. 83, 2006
- The nightlong encounter ended after Logan recorded onto a cassette tape what he described as proof of the woman’s consent to sex. “Can I hit it?” Logan asked the woman, using street slang. “Do whatever you want to me,” she said. “I just want to go home.” — Press of Atlantic City, 22 June 2007
▶ hit it
to leave US, 1930- No, we’re gonna be hittin’ it. I’ll take care of the check. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- Clarence says we gotta be hittin’ it. — True Romance, 1993
▶ hit it a lick; hit it
in poker, to raise a bet US- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 44, 1988
▶ hit it off
to take a mutual liking to someone UK, 1780- [Donald] Sutherland was originally hired to play the eccentric, antique-dealing hypnotist which is now [Derek] Jacobi’s part, but Sutherland and [Kenneth] Branagh didn’t hit it off. — The Guardian, 17 October 1991
▶ hit it up
to strike up an acquaintance US- You gotta be awful careful who you hit it up with, is what I always say, and you can’t be too particular, neither. — It Happened One Night, 1934
▶ hit on the hip
to page electronically US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, March 1996
- — Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), 28 June 2004
▶ hit the books
to study hard US- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 137, 1968
- Hey look, Paps, really. I’ve got to hit the books this semester. I’m carrying eighteen hours and I’m on pro. — Richard Farina, Been Down So Long, p. 26, 1996
▶ hit the bottle- to drink excessively US
- Everybody knew his reputation for hitting the bottle. — Helen Giblo, Footlights, Fistfights and Femmes, p. 31, 1957
- As bad as things are now, can you imagine how much worse a fix we’d be in if Bush were still hitting the bottle? — Al Franken, The Truth With Jokes, p. 128, 2005
- to bleach your hair blonde US
Teen slang, punning on a term associated with drinking. - — American Weekly, p. 2, 14 August 1955
▶ hit the breeze
to leave NEW ZEALAND- I stayed awake until the first crack of dawn, when I hit the breeze, never to return. — Ivan Agnew, Loner, p. 70, 1974
▶ hit the bricks
to work on the street US- Can’t you recall telling me when I first hit the bricks to “always use a safety?” — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 45, 1973
▶ hit the bucket
to drink very heavily UK: SCOTLAND
A humorous variation on “hit the bottle” (to drink heavily).- I got her this box of sweeties afore I hit the bucket on Monday there. — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
▶ hit the burner
to draw upon all of your inner resources and stamina US
US naval aviator usage.- — United States Naval Institute Proceedings, p. 108, October 1986
▶ hit the ceiling
to become very angry US, 1914- I phoned Kamel from a pay booth on the plaza to let him know I’d be gone a few days. He hit the ceiling. “Are you mad?” he cried over the fuzzy line. — Katherine Neville, The Eight, p. 419, 1988
▶ hit the cinders
to jump or fall from a moving train US- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 79, 1977
▶ hit the deck
to fall or throw yourself to the ground US, 1925- Then I saw all black and the last thing I remember is hitting the deck. — A Few Good Men, 1992
- There was the sound of gunfire and everyone hit the deck or started running for the door–it was frightening. — The Guardian, 2 November 2001
▶ hit the dex
to work as a DJ UK
Fashionable spelling for (record) “decks”, combined with a vague play on other senses of HIT THE DECKInstead of Smashie and Nicey playing discs, Pete Tong and Fatboy Slim were “hitting the dex”[.] — The Sunday Times, p. 13, 23 June 2002▶ hit the Dixie
to stop idling and start doing something BAHAMAS- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 104, 1982
▶ hit the gravel; hit the grit
to fall from a moving train US- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 264, 1946
▶ hit the hay
to go to bed US, 1912
Originally used by tramps; anglicised in 1929 by Conan Doyle.- He said he guessed he was pretty shot and thought he’d hit the hay. — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 243, 1962
- I can crack a fat [get an erection] with a flamin’ skinful [drunk]. Let’s hit the hay!!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
▶ hit the hop
to use drugs, especially heroin or opium US- Maybe you’ve taken a couple of raps for hitting the hop over there[.] — Douglas Rutherford, The Creeping Flesh, p. 103, 1963
▶ hit the jackpot
to have great success or good fortune, especially when unexpected or beyond your expectations US
A figurative application of “jackpot”, a poker term applied generally to any gambling prize. Known worldwide in its variant forms: “crack” (favoured in Australia), “hit”, “strike” or “win”.- And the Beatles won the jackpot. They toured the world in luxury, meeting people of power and influence. — Simon Napier-Bell, Black Vinyl White Powder, p. 51, 2001
▶ hit the mainline
to inject a drug intravenously US, 1950
A combination of HITMAINLINE— Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 263, 1986 — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003▶ hit the moon
to reach the highest plateau of a drug experience US- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 104, 1971
▶ hit the needle
to inject a drug intravenously US, 1950
A combination of HIT— Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 263, 1986 — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003▶ hit the pipe
to smoke crack cocaine US- They had some argument out in the parking lot. Looked like she was hitting the pipe. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 197, 1992
- I [Coolio] hit the pipe again and felt a head rush. Next thing I knew I was hooked. — The Source, p. 74, October 1994
- People against drugs say it all starts with beer. ADDICT: “Ahh, man. I’m hitting the pipe. Can’t fuck with that beer no more.” — Chris Rock, Rock This!, p. 62, 1997
▶ hit the pit- to inject a drug into the armpit UK, 1998
A combination of HITPIT - — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
- to be incarcerated US
- — William K Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, 1992
▶ hit the post
in the language of radio disc jockeys, to talk during the introduction of a song, completing your thought just before the song’s vocal begins US- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 219, 1997
▶ hit the prone
to throw yourself to the ground US- The three of us hit the prone and waited, then looked behind us to see two troopers from the new seven-six half pushing, half carrying a VC. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 65, 1977
▶ hit the road; hit the trail
to go; to commence or recommence a journey US, 1899- All right, pal. Hit the road. — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 87, 1964
- We hit the road right after breakfast. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 19, 1993
- I braced myself against the raging onslaught of the unsympathetic elements, zipped up my jacket and hit the flooded road. — Josie Dew, The Sun In My Eyes, p. 292, 2001
▶ hit the roof
to be, or to become very angry; to exhibit that anger UK, 1925- His plan was to shack up with some fat girlfriend of his, piping [smoking crack cocaine] and bonking the night away, whilst I did all the work. I hit the roof! — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 160, 2000
▶ hit the sack
to go to bed, to go to sleep US, 1912- “Do you want to hit the sack? I can’t sleep, so I may as well take over.” — Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back, p. 33, 1949
- He gets between the sheets and tells me I better hit the sack myself[.] — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 81, 1962
- Every night I hit the sack/ Oh my aching Airborne back! — Sandee Shaffer Johnson, Cadences, p. 19, 1986
- I want to get back to see you before you hit the sack. — Mark Powell, Snap, p. 81, 2001
▶ hit the sauce
to drink alcohol US- As a result, I hit the sauce uncharacteristically hard that day. — Elissa Stein and Kevin Leslie, Chunks, p. 26, 1997
▶ hit the sewer
to inject heroin or another drug intravenously US- — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, p. 415, 1973
▶ hit the silk
in card games, to withdraw from or end a game or hand US
From the military slang for bailing out of an aircraft by parachute (silk).- I was lucky that I had Uncle Kenneth to take me to all the football games I wanted to see, and to teach me how to run the six ball in snooker and that the best thing to do in gin was hit the silk when you got ten or under. — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 50, 1972
▶ hit the skids
to deteriorate US- She began to hit the skids harder. — Willard Motely, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 275, 1958
▶ hit the slab
to be killed US- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 96, 1950
▶ hit the spot
to find the vein when injecting a drug US- Now the cat tried real hard, but he was too scarred / He just couldn’t hit the spot. — Michael H. Agar, The Journal of American Folklore, p. 179, April 1971
▶ hit the toe
to depart; to decamp AUSTRALIA- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 31, 1983
- Come on, Houdini, let’s cop his tip, get the girls and hit the toe. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 108, 1988
▶ hit the wall
to reach a point of exhaustion beyond which lesser athletes will fail to continue, especially of long-distance and marathon runners US, 1982- Believe what you’ve read about “hitting the wall.” — Washington Post, p. G7, 18 August 1977
- Among marathoners, hitting the wall is the term for what happens when your body runs out of glycogen. Any runner who’s hit the wall during a previous race will know to take in between three and ten energy gels on a marathon. — CNN, 31 October 2001
- [A] red faced fortysomething man struggling against the demons of lactic acid and the marathon ‘wall’. — The Observer, 19 January 2003
▶ hit with a check
to discharge from employment and pay off owed wages US- — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 94, 1954
▶ hit your marks
in television and film-making, to move to the proper place at the proper time in a scene US- — Ralph S. Singleton, Filmaker’s Dictionary, p. 81, 1990
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