hit – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hit

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hit the road
Participle: hit the road
Gerund: hitting the road

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of hit

Indicative

Present

Ihit the road
youhit the road
he;she;ithits the road
wehit the road
youhit the road
theyhit the road

Perfect

Ihave hit the road
youhave hit the road
he;she;ithas hit the road
wehave hit the road
youhave hit the road
theyhave hit the road

Past

Ihit the road
youhit the road
he;she;ithit the road
wehit the road
youhit the road
theyhit the road

Pluperfect

Ihad hit the road
youhad hit the road
he;she;ithad hit the road
wehad hit the road
youhad hit the road
theyhad hit the road

Future

Iwill hit the road
youwill hit the road
he;she;itwill hit the road
wewill hit the road
youwill hit the road
theywill hit the road

Future Perfect

Iwill have hit the road
youwill have hit the road
he;she;itwill have hit the road
wewill have hit the road
youwill have hit the road
theywill have hit the road

Subjunctive

Present

Ihit the road
youhit the road
he;she;ithit the road
wehit the road
youhit the road
theyhit the road

Perfect

Ihave hit the road
youhave hit the road
he;she;ithave hit the road
wehave hit the road
youhave hit the road
theyhave hit the road

Imperfect

Ihit the road
youhit the road
he;she;ithit the road
wehit the road
youhit the road
theyhit the road

Pluperfect

Ihad hit the road
youhad hit the road
he;she;ithad hit the road
wehad hit the road
youhad hit the road
theyhad hit the road

Conditional

Present

Iwould hit the road
youwould hit the road
he;she;itwould hit the road
wewould hit the road
youwould hit the road
theywould hit the road

Perfect

Iwould have hit the road
youwould have hit the road
he;she;itwould have hit the road
wewould have hit the road
youwould have hit the road
theywould have hit the road

Imperative

youhit the road
weLet's hit the road
youhit the road

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hitting the road
youare hitting the road
he;she;itis hitting the road
weare hitting the road
youare hitting the road
theyare hitting the road

Perfect

Ihave been hitting the road
youhave been hitting the road
he;she;ithas been hitting the road
wehave been hitting the road
youhave been hitting the road
theyhave been hitting the road

Past

Iwas hitting the road
youwere hitting the road
he;she;itwas hitting the road
wewere hitting the road
youwere hitting the road
theywere hitting the road

Pluperfect

Ihad been hitting the road
youhad been hitting the road
he;she;ithad been hitting the road
wehad been hitting the road
youhad been hitting the road
theyhad been hitting the road

Future

Iwill be hitting the road
youwill be hitting the road
he;she;itwill be hitting the road
wewill be hitting the road
youwill be hitting the road
theywill be hitting the road

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hitting the road
youwill have been hitting the road
he;she;itwill have been hitting the road
wewill have been hitting the road
youwill have been hitting the road
theywill have been hitting the road

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hitting the road
youwould be hitting the road
he;she;itwould be hitting the road
wewould be hitting the road
youwould be hitting the road
theywould be hitting the road

Perfect

Iwould have been hitting the road
youwould have been hitting the road
he;she;itwould have been hitting the road
wewould have been hitting the road
youwould have been hitting the road
theywould have been hitting the road

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hit'

beset, broadcast, burst, bust, cost, crosscut, cut, forecast, hit, hurt, inset, let, misread, overset, overspread, put, read, rebroadcast, recut, relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'hit'

bit, chit, dit, fit, hat, hie, hilt, hint, hip, hist,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strike hard
pound
hit, strike
swap
kill a person
kill
attack
attack
have sex with
diddle, plough, plug, rock, shelve, slay, copulate with
hit extremely hard
smash
to apply violent force to a person or object
abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
strike|beat
boom-boom
to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
kick
calcitrate
strike
punch, bash, whack, thrash, flail, kick, buffet, smack
achieve
accomplish, attain, reach, gain, win
affect
fit, befit, suit, touch
find
discover
crash
clash, collide, strike, knock, bump, butt, jostle

Antonyms

to administer a physical blow
block
achieve
relinquish, forsake, retreat
affect
eschew, shun, repel, repudiate
find
lose, misplace, mislay, miss
crash
whisper, reverberation, murmur, din

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. hyttan "come upon, meet with," from O.N. hitta "to light upon, meet with," from P.Gmc. *khitjanan. Meaning shifted in late O.E. period to "strike," via "to reach with a blow or missile," and replaced O.E. slean in this sense. Noun meaning "successful play, song, person," etc. first recorded 1811, from verb meaning "to hit the mark, succeed" (c.1400). Underworld slang meaning "to kill by plan" is 1955 (n. is from 1970). Meaning "dose of narcotic" is 1951, from phrases like hit the bottle "drink alcohol" (1889). Original sense survives in phrases such as hit it off (1780) and hit on (1970s). To hit the nail on the head (1574) is from archery. Hit the road "leave" is from 1873; to hit (someone) up "request something" is from 1917. Hit and run is 1899 as a baseball play, 1924 as a driver failing to stop at a crash he caused. To not know what hit (one) is from 1923.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti
5. Proto-Germanic *hittijaną
6. Old Norse hittader.
7. Old English hyttan
8. Middle English hitten
9. English hit
10. 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”).
11. Cognates
12. Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish hitta (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk hitta, hitte (“to meet; to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”). Probably also related to Dutch hei (“mallet”), German Heie (“wooden hammer, mallet”).
13. (something very successful): Compare typologically striking, Russian порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) (<~ порази́ть (porazítʹ) <~ рази́ть (razítʹ)). See: Middle English 'hitten', Middle English 'hitten', Proto-Germanic '*hittijaną', Dutch 'hitten', Danish 'hitte', Swedish 'hitta', Norwegian, nynorsk 'hitta', Latin 'caedō'.

Verbs referencing "hit"

Danish hitte, Thai ฮิต, Finnish with old forms hitata.

Sample Sentences

  • A head-wind! Imagine a human face upon the vessel 's prow, with fifteen thousand Samsons in one bent upon driving her back, and hitting her exactly between the eyes whenever she attempts to advance an inch. Imagine the ship herself, with every pulse and artery of her huge body swollen and bursting under this maltreatment, sworn to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If you say ‘No, ’ he says ‘Yes ? ’ (interrogatively ), and asks in what respect they [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Sartin, ” said Sam, “ dat's de idee. Mas’r Haley hits de thing right in de middle. Now, der's two roads to de river,—de dirt road and der pike,—which Mas’r mean to take ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and quivering voice, and with an air of great circumspection. When poured out, he took it and looked at it with a sharp, complacent air, like a man who thinks he has done about the right thing, and hit the nail on the head, and proceeded to dispose of it in short and well-advised sips. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Topsy was soon a noted character in the establishment. Her talent for every species of drollery, grimace, and mimicry,—for dancing, tumbling, climbing, singing, whistling, imitating every sound that hit her fancy,—seemed inexhaustible. In her play-hours, she invariably had every child in the establishment at her heels, open-mouthed with admiration and wonder,—not excepting Miss Eva, who appeared to [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The singer appeared to make up the song to his own pleasure, generally hitting on rhyme, without much attempt at reason; and the party took up the chorus, at intervals, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [ 1 ] _Hamlet_, Act I, scene 1, lines 115-116 And, therefore, their all hitting upon this is a striking fact in pneumatology, which we recommend to the attention of spiritual media generally. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Woo. Oh! Tequila. That hits different. It's nice, right? Yeah. So Julia, what do you do for work ? (The Compatriots)
  • - All right, hit me. - Condition one: you have to think (The Million Dollar Bet)
  • Sometimes it just hits you when you 're hopeless. [sobbing] (Turtle Tale)
  • Does he hit you ? Just that one time. They say if a man hits you once, there's always another time. (Sweet Dreams)
  • Now she regrets her rude behavior Let's go before the storm hits (Magudam)
  • - Hey, Karthik, she's hitting us ! - Idiots, stop. - Hey, wait ! Wait ! - Why are you hitting ? (#AAY)
  • Does it hurt, Chetta ? Oh, like she cares. He got hit with a laptop. It will surely hurt, right ? (Nunakuzhi)
  • the kid had hit written all over him. (Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)