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Alphabet: Icelandic alphabet

Results for: "hit"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

hit — to administer a blow
→ slá
→ lemja
hit — success, especially in the entertainment industry
→ smellur m
→ vinsælt lag n
hit — blow, punch
→ högg n
→ slag n

More translations:

hit
→ slá, kýla; rekast á, skella á; hæfa
hit
→ slá, kýla
hit
→ verða (illa) fyrir e-u, valda skaða
hit
→ hitta í mark, hæfa; ná
hit
→ skot
hit
→ stig, skot
hit
→ sem slær í gegn

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (7)

1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);
- Example: "he came all the way around on Williams' hit";

2. the act of contacting one thing with another;
- Example: "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
- Example: "after three misses she finally got a hit"
[syn: hit, hitting, striking]

3. a conspicuous success;
- Example: "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
- Example: "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
- Example: "the party went with a bang"
[syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang]

4. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together;
- Example: "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
[syn: collision, hit]

5. a dose of a narcotic drug;

6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;
- Example: "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

7. a connection made via the internet to another website;
- Example: "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"


VERB (17)

1. cause to move by striking;
- Example: "hit a ball"

2. hit against; come into sudden contact with;
- Example: "The car hit a tree"
- Example: "He struck the table with his elbow"
[syn: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with]

3. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
- Example: "He hit her hard in the face"

4. reach a destination, either real or abstract;
- Example: "We hit Detroit by noon"
- Example: "The water reached the doorstep"
- Example: "We barely made it to the finish line"
- Example: "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
[syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain]

5. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;
- Example: "We were hit by really bad weather"
- Example: "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"
- Example: "The earthquake struck at midnight"
[syn: hit, strike]

6. hit with a missile from a weapon;
[syn: shoot, hit, pip]

7. encounter by chance;
- Example: "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
[syn: stumble, hit]

8. gain points in a game;
- Example: "The home team scored many times"
- Example: "He hit a home run"
- Example: "He hit .300 in the past season"
[syn: score, hit, tally, rack up]

9. cause to experience suddenly;
- Example: "Panic struck me"
- Example: "An interesting idea hit her"
- Example: "A thought came to me"
- Example: "The thought struck terror in our minds"
- Example: "They were struck with fear"
[syn: hit, strike, come to]

10. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;
- Example: "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"
- Example: "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"
- Example: "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"
[syn: strike, hit]

11. kill intentionally and with premeditation;
- Example: "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
[syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]

12. drive something violently into a location;
- Example: "he hit his fist on the table"
- Example: "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
[syn: hit, strike]

13. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;
- Example: "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"
- Example: "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
[syn: reach, hit, attain]

14. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;
- Example: "The pianist strikes a middle C"
- Example: "strike `z' on the keyboard";
- Example: "her comments struck a sour note"
[syn: strike, hit]

15. consume to excess;
- Example: "hit the bottle"

16. hit the intended target or goal;

17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
- Example: "He tries to hit on women in bars"