Hit vs Sledge - What's the difference?
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To strike.
#(lb) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
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#*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
#*1922-1927 , (Frank Harris), (My Life and Loves)
#*:He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge.
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#*:BELLO: (Shouts) Good, by the rumping jumping general! That's the best bit of news I heard these six weeks. Here, don't keep me waiting, damn you! (He slaps her face)
#*:BLOOM: (Whimpers) You're after hitting me. I'll tell
#*1934 , , The Slugger's Game
#*: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.
#(lb) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
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#*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
#*:If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another?
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#*:a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face.
#*1882 , (Nathaniel Hawthorne), Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance
#*:Meanwhile the street boys kept up a shower of mud balls, many of which hit the Doctor, while the rest were distributed upon his assailants.
# To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
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# To attack, especially amphibiously.
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To briefly visit.
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To encounter.
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(lb) To attain, to achieve.
# To reach or achieve.
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#*2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited,
#*:And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.
#(lb) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:And oft it hits / Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.
#*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
#*:Millions miss for one that hits .
#To guess; to light upon or discover.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Thou hast hit it.
(lb) To affect negatively.
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To make a play.
# In blackjack, to deal a card to.
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# To come up to bat.
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#(lb) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
To use; to connect to.
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To have sex with.
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To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana
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A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
* Dryden
A success, especially in the entertainment industry.
* Alexander Pope
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An attack on a location, person or people.
# In the game of , a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
(computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine
(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
An approximately correct answer in a test set.
(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
(dialectal) .
* 1922 , Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly, Volume 130:
* 1998 , Nancy A. Walker, What's so funny?: humor in American culture:
A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
* 1737 , J. Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used, With their Significations and Original in two ''Alphabetical Catalogues''; the one, of such as are proper to the ''Northern'', the other, to the ''Southern'' Counties. With an Account of the preparing and refining such ''Metals'' and ''Minerals'' as are found in ''England .
* 2006 , Tom Benford, Garage And Workshop Gear Guide
to hit with a sledgehammer.
* 1842 , John O'Donovan, The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An Ancient and Historical Tale
* 2005 , Langdon W Moore, Langdon W. Moore: His Own Story of His Eventful Life
A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
(British) any type of sled or sleigh.
* 1708 , F. C. [possibly F. Conyers], Compleat Collier: Or, The Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal-mines about Sunderland and New-Castle
* 1716 , Myles Davies, Athenae Britannicae: Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers And Writings...Part I [the full title stretches for 70 words]'' reporting a passage in "Nicholas Sanders's Seditious Pamphlet" ''De Schismate Anglicano, &c (1585)
* 2006 , Richard Higgins, Peter Brukner, Bryan English (editors), Essential Sports Medicine
* 2006 , Pete Draper, Deconstructing the Elements With 3ds Max: Create Natural Fire, Earth, Air and Water Without Plug-Ins
A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
To drag or draw a sledge.
* 1860 , Sherard Osborn, The career, last voyage and fate of ... Sir John Franklin
* 2004 , Andy Selters, Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering
To ride, travel with or transport in a sledge.
* 1811 , Maria Edgeworth, Popular Tales
* 1860 , John Timbs, School-days of Eminent Men: I. Sketches of the Progress of Education in England, from the Reign of King Alfred
* 2006 , Godfrey (EDT) Baldacchino, Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands
According to , ISBN 086840-680-5, page 141. (chiefly, cricket, Australian) To verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them (considered unsportsmanlike).
* 1998 , Larry Elliott, Daniel E Atkinson, The Age of Insecurity
* 2004 , Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Socio-Economic Democracy and the World Government: Collective Capitalism, Depovertization, Human Rights, Template for Sustainable Peace
* 2005 , David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right
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As nouns the difference between hit and sledge
is that hit is while sledge is a heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc or sledge can be a low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.As a verb sledge is
to hit with a sledgehammer or sledge can be to drag or draw a sledge or sledge can be (chiefly|cricket|australian) to verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them (considered unsportsmanlike).hit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal:
Antonyms
* (manage to touch in the right place) missDerived terms
(Terms derived from the verb "hit") * don't let the door hit you on the way out * flood-hit (adjective ) * hit a home run * hit a nerve * hit a six * hit a snag * hit above one's weight * hit and run * hit at * hit back * hit below one's weight * hit for six * hit home * hit it an quit it * hit it big * hit it off * hitman * hit on * hit one out of the ballpark * hit one's stride * hit out * hit paydirt * hit the ball twice * hit the books * hit the bottle * hit the bricks * hit the ceiling * hit the deck * hit the dirt * hit the gas * hit the ground running * hit the hay * hit the head * hit the headlines * hit the jackpot * hit the nail on the head * hit the net * hit the pan * hit the pavement * hit the road * hit rock bottom * hit the rock * hit the rocks * hit the roof * hit the sack * hit the silk * hit the skids * hit the spot * hit up * hit upon * hit wicket * hittable * hitter * hitting * not know what hit one * pinch-hitNoun
(en noun)- So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, / And, at each hit , with wonder seems amazed.
- The hit was very slight.
- The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
- What late he called a blessing, now was wit, / And God's good providence, a lucky hit .
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- My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.
- The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
- Where am I going to get my next hit ?
- a happy hit
Antonyms
* (a punch) miss * (success) flop, turkeyDerived terms
* banjo hit * base hit * cult hit * direct hit * hit counter * hit list * hit parade * hit point * hit squad * hit test * infield hit * king hit * nervous hit * no hit * one-hit wonder * pinch hit * smash hit * straight hit * take a hitEtymology 2
From (etyl) . More at (l). Note 'it.Pronoun
- But how hit was to come about didn't appear.
- Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit' slide down the hill ' hits own way.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)sledge
English
(wikipedia sledge)Etymology 1
(etyl) slecg.Noun
(en noun)- [based on information from Major Hill, Master of the Silver Mills, in 1662, descibing silver mining in Cardiganshire] They dig the Oar thus; One holds a little Picque, or Punch of Iron, having a long Handle of Wood which they call a Gad ; Another with a great Iron Hammer, or Sledge , drives it into the Vein.
- Sledge hammers are only used for heavy-duty persuading when working on vehicles or machinery.
Synonyms
* (long handled maul or hammer) sledgehammerVerb
(sledg)- The rapid and violent exertion of smiths, mightily sledging the glowing iron masses of their furnaces.
- When I inquired the reason of this wire being used in the construction of the safe, I was told it was to prevent the doors being broken by either sledging or wedging.
Etymology 2
Dialectal (etyl) sleedseNoun
(en noun)- The sledge ran far better upon the ice, I cannot say the same for the dogs.
- Aged wore out Coal-Horses, which after some time Wrought you will have, may serve turn for Sledge -Horses.
- Ty'd upon the Sledge , a Papist and a Protestant in front, being two very disparate and antipathetick Companions, was a very ridiculous Science of Cruelty, even worst than Death it self (says he).
- There are also Winter Paralympic Games with Alpine and Nordic events, as well as sledge' hockey - a form of ice hockey using a seated ' sledge .
- For anyone who can recall their schooldays, when you used to get snow every winter, flying down hills on a polythene bag the thickness of an atom, and a lovely old sledge your Grandpa made for you (the only Christmas it DIDN'T snow),...
See also
* sled * sleigh * tobogganVerb
(sledg)- It should be remembered, that these explorations were nearly all made by our seamen and officers on foot, dragging sledges, on which were piled tents, provision, fuel for cooking, and raiment. This sledging was brought to perfection by Captain M'Clintock.
- Sledging en route to Mt. Logan on the 1925 first ascent. [caption to photo of four men dragging a sledge]
- He was also to initiate me in the American pastime of sleighing, or sledging .
- When "the great fen or moor" which washed the city walls on the north was frozen over, sliding, sledging , and skating were the sports of crowds.
- Some of these may be closely associated with the day-to-day lifestyle of such communities — marine activities (fishing, wildlife viewing), mountain activities (abseiling, climbing, hunting) or winter sports (dog sledging ).
Etymology 3
From , influenced by sledgehammer. Australian from 1960s.According to , ISBN 086840-680-5, page 141.
Verb
(sledg)- Batteries of fast bowlers softened batsmen up with short-pitched bowling, while fielders tried to disturb their concentration with a running commentary of insults commonly known as sledging .
- Then, all these...government legislators...would be able to totally concentrate on their roles and functions, without being entangled in interparty sledging and squabbles.
- The 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket includes new anti-sledging provisions.
Whatever Shane Warne says, the Ashes sledgers need to raise their game", The Guardian
- "Bloody hell even their sledging' is now shite!!!" he ' sledged .