Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hit; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitting.]

[OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]

1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).

I think you have hit the mark. --Shak.

2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.

Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the notes right. --Locke.

There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails with him. --Dryden.

Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton.

He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson.

3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ``Thou hast hit it.'' --Shak.

4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

To hit off, to describe with quick characteristic strokes; as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.

To hit out, to perform by good luck. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)