[{"word":"hitting","phonetic":"/ˈhɪtɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈhɪtɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(heading, physical) To strike.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":["miss"],"example":"I hit the jackpot."},{"definition":"To switch on.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":["cut","kill"],"example":"Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!"},{"definition":"To briefly visit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We hit the grocery store on the way to the park."},{"definition":"To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.  We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies."},{"definition":"(heading) To attain, to achieve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To affect negatively.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The economy was hit by a recession.  The hurricane hit his fishing business hard."},{"definition":"To attack.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(heading, games) To make a play.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To use; to connect to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3."},{"definition":"To have sex with.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'd hit that."},{"definition":"To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["beat","pelt","thump","beset","fall upon","lay into","bang","ram","smash","bump off","do away with","whack","smoke up","toke"],"antonyms":["miss","cut","kill","miss"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Their conflict ended in hitting."},{"definition":"The skill of hitting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The batter's hitting improved with practice."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hit","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hitting"]}]