Definitions
To strike something; also a popular success.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”).
Used in a sentence
“One boy hit the other.”
“He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge.”
“I hunted him for half a hour, aiming to learn him to hit a man with a table-leg and then run, but I didn't find him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“Pop song”3 letters
02“Strike”3 letters
03“Box-office success”3 letters
04“Chart success”3 letters
05“Chart-topper”3 letters
06“Chart-topping song”3 letters
07“Make contact with”3 letters
08“Popular single”3 letters
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