| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, crack, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal : bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : belt, conk, paste. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. A dazzling, often sudden instance of success: sleeper. Informal : smash, smash hit, ten-strike, wow. Slang : boff, boffo, boffola. See THRIVE. 3. Slang. The crime of murdering someone: blood, homicide, killing, murder. See HELP. 4. Slang. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette: drag, draw, puff, pull. See BREATH. | | VERB: | 1. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal : biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. To enter a person's mind: occur, strike. Idioms: cross one's mind. See HAPPEN. 3. Informal. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, hit on or (upon), surprise, take. See SURPRISE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | hit back To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one: counter, reciprocate, retaliate, retort, strike back. See ATTACK, FORGIVENESS. hit on 1. Informal. To reach (a goal or objective): arrive at, attain, come to, gain, get to. See START. 2. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, surprise, take. Informal : hit. See SURPRISE.
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