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