Reverse Dictionary: HIT

ADJECTIVES
► BONED having been hit hard on the head → 1977 UK sl.
► LIFTED hit → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SERVED beat up, struck, hit → 2009 African-American sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► HAY! an exclamation on hitting an opponent → 1598 obs.

NOUNS
► BILF a blunt stroke, a hit → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLUMP a blow, a heavy hit → M19 sl.
► CLUNK a hit; the sound of a hit → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRUMP a hard hit, a smart blow, given with brisk or abrupt effect; a fall → 1850 colloq.
► DOING an act of hitting; a beating-up → 1880 sl.
► DUFFING-UP an act of hitting or thumping something or someone; a beating; a drubbing → 1967 colloq.
► DUNCH an act of hitting, beating, or striking someone or something → 1500 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GOING-OVER an act of hitting; a beating-up → 1942 sl., orig. US
► LAM a blow; a hard hit or swipe → 1896 Eng. dial.
► NAP a blow or hit, esp. a pretend hit → 1861 sl.
► PASTE a hit or blow → 1910s sl.
► PASTING an act of hitting; a beating-up → 1851 sl.
► RIGHT-HANDER a hit with the right hand → 1857 boxing sl.
► THIMBLE-PIE a rap on the head with a thimbled finger → 1847 Eng. dial.
► TWATTING a thrashing, a beating-up; a hitting or striking someone or something → 1963 UK colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BANGER one who hits hard → 1950s sl.
► BEATER a person who beats; one who strikes repeated blows, a striker; a punisher; one who beats a drum, etc. → 1483
► CLUMPER a person who hits hard → M19 sl.
► WALLOPER one who hits a child → 1903 sl. 

VERBS
► BAG to hit, to knock out → 1910s sl.
► BASH to hit, to beat, to strike, to crush, to smash → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BASH SOMEONE UP to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1954 Brit. sl.
► BASTE to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1533
► BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike → c1440
► BATTERY to knock; to hit; to knock down → 2002 UK sl.
► BEAN to hit or strike someone on the head → 1910 sl., chiefly US
► BEAT THE BEJESUS OUT OF to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1908 sl.
► BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1966 sl.
► BEAT THE TAR OUT OF to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to do violence → 1884 sl.
► BELT to hit, to thrash with a belt → 1649
► BIFF to strike or hit → 1888 Amer. sl.
► BING to slap, to hit → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BIP to hit hard → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLIP OFF to hit hard, to shoot → 1920s sl., orig US
► BLOOP to hit someone, esp. with a long, slow punch → 1952 US sl.
► BLOUSE to strike or hit someone → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOB to hit or strike lightly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOFF to hit; to cuff, to slap; to treat roughly → 1932 US sl.
► BONG to  hit, especially on the head → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BONK to hit resoundingly; to bang, to bump → 1938 sl.
► BOP to hit → 1928 sl., orig. US
► BOX ONE’S EARS to punish by hitting → 1601 sl.
► BREAK SOMEONE’S ASS to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1949 US sl.
► BUNG ONE ON to hit → 1950s sl.
► BUS to hit, to strike → 1889 Amer. dial.
► BUSS to hit, to strike → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BUST ON to hit, to attack → 1960s US sl.
► CAB to hit on the had with the knuckles → 1905 Sc.
► CAST to aim, deliver a blow → c1340 obs.
► CHOCK to hit a person under the chin → c1860 Cockney colloq.
► CHOOG to hit, to punch, to strike → 1891 Amer. dial.
► CHRISTEN to hit over the head → 1935 US sl.
► CHUCK to hit with the fist → 1874 US sl.
► CHUG to hit, to punch, to strike → 1891 Amer. dial.
► CHUNK to hit someone or something with something thrown → 1835 US sl.
► CLATTER to smack someone; to hit someone; to beat someone up → 1979 UK sl.
► CLEW to strike, to hit → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CLIP to hit smartly; to strike against in passing → 1855 colloq.
► CLOBBER to strike someone; to hit; to thrash or beat up; to defeat; to reprimand or criticize severely → 1944 sl.
► CLOCK to strike sharply or heavily; to strike with the fist; to punch in the face; to hit → 1932 Amer. sl.
► CLONK to hit forcibly → 1943 colloq.
► CLOUT to hit → c1314
► CLUMP to hit heavily, to thump → M19 sl.
► CLUNK to hit, to strike, esp. on the head → 1930s sl.
► COBBLE-NOBBLE to rap on the head with the knuckles → 19C Eng. dial.
► COBNOBBLE to beat, chastise, correct; to knock on the head → 19C Eng. dial.
► COCK to hit someone hard; to knock someone out → 1960 Amer. dial.
► COCO to hit or strike; to hit on the head → 1927 Amer. dial.
► COLDCOCK to hit someone without warning, esp. with a blow to the head that knocks the person to the ground → 1918 US sl.
► CONK to hit; orig. to hit someone on the nose → 1821 sl., now chiefly US
► CONNECT to hit someone very hard → 1930s Amer. sl.
► COP to catch someone with a blow; to hit → M19 sl.
► CORK to strike; to hit hard with the fist → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COSH to hit on the head with a cosh (bludgeon) → 1865 chiefly Brit. sl.
► CREAM to hit, to beat,. to thrash thoroughly; to drub; to crush, to defeat as in sporting contexts; to ruin or wreck a motor vehicle → 1929 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► CROWN to hit someone on the head → 1746 sl.
► CUFF UP to strike, to hit, to beat up → 1940 Amer. dial.
► DANCE ON SOMEONE’S FACE to hit or kick in the face → 1980s African-American sl.
► DANCE ON SOMEONE’S LIPS to hit or kick in the face → 1980s African-American sl.
► DAP to hit or strike lightly; to make a ball rebound on the ground, etc. → 1790 Eng. dial.
► DIFT to hit, to strike → 1927 Amer. dial.
► DISH IT OUT to fight with forceful hitting → 1930 sl., orig. US
► DONG to hit, to strike, to punch; to force by reiterated noise, speech, or effort → 1889
► DONNYBROOK to hit or strike someone → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DOOIE to hit → 1980s US students’ sl.
► DO SOMEONE OVER to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1866 sl.
► DOT A PERSON ONE to hit → 1895 Brit. sl.
► DOWF to hit with something soft; to thump → E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DUFF UP to hit repeatedly; to beat up, to assault someone → 1961 UK sl.
► DUST 1. to strike or hit with violence → a1225
2. to strike, to hit → c1612
► DUST OFF to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1803 sl.
► EAT WOOL to be hit or, esp. nearly hit in the face by a volley → 1976 US sl.
► FACER to hit in the face → 1809 sl.
► FAG THE BLOSS to hit the wench → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAG THE FEN to drub the prostitute → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAKE to shoot, to wound, to hit or cut; to poison → 1812 sl.
► FAN to beat, to strike, esp. repeatedly or soundly; to deliver a blow to, esp. with a club; to hit, to spank → 1785 sl.
► FANCY SASH to hit → 1902 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘bash’
► FIB to hit, to strike → 1898 Eng. dial.
► FILL SOMEONE IN to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1948 Brit. sl.
► FIRE to hit someone or something → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► FIRE ON ► FIRE UP  to strike, to hit, to fight with → 1972 Amer. dial.
► GET IN SOMEONE’S EYE to  hit someone in the face or eye → 1974 sl.
► GIVE SOMEONE JESSE to beat, to hit → 1839 US sl.
► GIVE SOMEONE ONE ON THE NOSE to hit, to reprimand → 1900 sl.
► GOUFF to strike, to hit, to cuff → 1776 Sc.
► GUB to hit a person, esp. in the mouth → 1985 Sc. sl.
► HANG A SHANTY to bruise the area around the eye by hitting a person → 1926 Amer. dial.
► HANG ONE ON to hit someone, to have a fight → 1908 sl.
► JACK UP to beat, to strike, to hit → 1993 African-American sl.
► JOLT to hit someone → 1920s Aust. sl.
► KANGSE to hit lightly → 20C W. Indies sl.
► KLEM to hit → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► KLINK to hit with a gun or a cosh → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► KNEVELL to hit or beat violently with the fists; to knock about → 1815 Sc.
► KNOCK ONE’S BLOCK OFF to hit someone very hard; often used as a threat → 1902 sl.
► KNOCK SOMEONE ABOUT to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1926 sl.
► KNOCK THE SHIT OUT OF SOMEONE to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 19C colloq.
► KNOCK THE TAR OUT OF SOMEONE to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1884 sl.
► KNUB to hit or strike with the fist or knuckles; to thump, to beat → 1721
► KNUBBLE to hit or strike with the fist or knuckles; to pummel → 1721 obs.
► LAM to beat soundly, to thrash, to flog; to hit hard, to strike → 1746 Eng. dial.
► LAMP to hit; to beat → 1954 UK sl.
► LAY INTO SOMEONE to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1838 sl.
► LAY ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch → 1980s sl.
► LAY THE BLAST ON SOMEONE to hit with the fist → 1935 US sl.
► LEATHER orig. to hit someone with a leather strap; hence, to beat or thrash someone → a1625
► LET DOWN to deliver a blow at → 1640 obs.
► LET SOMEONE HAVE IT to hit, to kill, esp. with gunfire → M19 sl., orig. US
► LICK to strike, to hit, to beat, esp. as a punishment; to thrash, to whip → 1888 Amer. dial.
► LIGHT UP to hit or attack someone → 1970s African-American sl.
► LUBBER to hit → M19 sl.
► MARK to aim a blow or missile at; to strike, to hit → a1300 obs.
► MASH to strike, hit, or beat someone → 1884 Amer. dial.
► MASH UP strike, hit, or beat someone → 1954 Amer. dial.
► MELLER to strike, to hit, to beat → 1862 Amer. dial.
► MELLOW to beat, to hit, to strike. to pummel → 1895 Amer. dial.
► MILL to hit → c1700 sl.
► MOUSE to hit in the face → L17 sl.
► MOVE ON to hit, to assault, usually with a weapon → 1970s African-American & students’ sl.
► MUSH to beat up, to hit → 1980s African-American sl.
► MUZZLE to hit on the mouth; to land a blow on a person → 1843 sl., obs.
► NAIL  to hit, esp., in boxing, to be successful in hitting someone; to strike smartly; to beat → 1785 sl.
► NEIVE to hit with the fists; to chastise → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NOB to hit on the head → 1818 sl.
► NOBBLE to strike, to hit on the head → 1841 sl.
► NUT to head-butt someone or hit someone on the head → 1937 sl.
► OIL to hit, to beat, to whip → L18 sl.
► PAIK to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish  → c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PAN to hit in the face → 1942 sl.
► PART SOMEONE’S HAIR to hit someone on the head → L19 US sl.
► PASS SOMEONE ONE to hit someone → 1900s Aust. sl.
► PASTE to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1846 sl.
► PAT to beat; to hit frequently; to make a succession of quick, sharp strokes or sounds → 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PERCUSS to strike so as to shake or shock; to hit, to knock, a deliver a blow to → 1575
► PLASTER to hit → 1910s sl.
► PLONK to hit or strike with a heavy thud → 1874 colloq.
► PLUG to hit → 1875 sl.
► PLUMP to shoot; to hit hard, to punch → 1785 sl., obs.
► POKE to hit or strike a person → 1906 colloq.
► POP to hit → c1817 sl.
► POUNCE to hit, to assault → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PUMBLE to hit hard with the fist →1966 Amer. dial.
► PUT ONE ON SOMEONE to hit, to punch → 1980s sl.
► PUT THE ARM ON SOMEONE to hit with the fist; to beat up → 20C Amer. sl.
► PUT THE BLAST ON SOMEONE to hit with the fist → 1935 US sl.
► PUT THE HEAD ON to head-butt an opponent’s face → 1985 Sc. sl.
► PUT THE SLUG ON to hit or attack → 1940 US sl.
► RATTLE to strike, to beat, to hit; to give a blow or knock → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ROUGH SOMEONE UP to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1942 sl.
► ROUST to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1904 Amer. sl.
► SAP ► SAP UP to hit someone with a club → 1926 US sl.
► SCONE to hit someone on the head → 1940s Aust. & NZ sl.
► SCOP to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SCRAG to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1835 sl.
► SKOP to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SKULL to hit someone on the head → 1945 sl.
► SLOG. to hit → 1824 sl.
► SLOSH to hit → 1890 Brit. sl.
► SLUG to hit → 1862 sl., now chiefly US
► SNITCHEL to hit on the nose → L17 sl.
► SOAK to hit → 1896 US sl.
► SOCK to beat, to strike hard, to hit → 1699 sl.
► SOCK IT TO SOMEONE to hit → 1877 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► SPIKE to hit someone hard; to knock someone down → 1930s Aust. sl.
► SPLAT to hit a hard surface with a slapping or splashing noise → 1920s sl.
► STICK IT ON SOMEONE to hit → 1960 sl.
► STICK ONE ON to hit → 1915 sl.
► STICK THE HEAD ON to head-butt an opponent’s face → 1985 Sc. sl.
► STICK THE NUT ON to hit with one’s head → 1873 sl.
► STOUCH ► STOUSH to hit → 1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SWIP to strike, to hit → a1225 obs.
► SWIPE to hit → 1851 sl.
► TAG in boxing: to hit → 1940 US sl.
► TAINT to touch, to strike, to hit → 1525 obs.
► TAKE A BUST AT to hit (with the fist) → 1920s US sl.
► TAKE A POP AT to hit; to deliver a blow → 1825 sl.
► TAN to hit, to attack → 17C sl.
► TAN ONE’S ARSE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment: to thrash or flog → c1670 sl.
► TAN ONE’S BACKSIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment; to thrash or flog→ c1670 sl.
► TAN ONE’S BEHIND to hit repeatedly, to beat someone with a whip. cane, etc. as a form of corporal punishment → 1938
► TAN ONE’S BOTTOM to hit repeatedly, to beat someone with a whip. cane, etc. as a form of corporal punishment → 1938
► TAN ONE’S HIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment → c1670 sl.
► TAP 1. to hit and thus draw blood from a victim’s nose → M18 sl.
2. to hit on the head → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► TAP A JUDY to cause one’s nose to bleed with a blow → M19 sl.
► TAP SOMEONE’S CLARET to cause someone’s nose to bleed with a blow → E19 sl.
► TEE OFF to hit someone or something very hard → 1953 US sl.
► TOWEL to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to thrash; to beat; to cudgel → 1705 sl.
► TUNK to hit, to strike, to tap; to thump → 1892 Amer. dial.
► TWAT to hit or strike forcefully → 1974 UK colloq.
► VOLLEY to hit someone → 1999 UK sl.
► WADDY to hit someone, usually with a club or cudgel → M19 Aust. sl.
► WADE INTO SOMEONE to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1893 sl., orig. US
► WALLOP to beat soundly; to strike hard; to hit → 1825 colloq.
► WARM THE WAX OF SOMEONE’S EAR to box someone’s ears → M19 sl.
► WARP to hit or beat someone → 1861 Amer. dial.
► WHACK to hit → 1721 sl.
► WHALE to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog, to hit, to trounce → 1856 Sc.
► WHAM to hit or strike → 1920s sl. orig. US
► WHANG to hit → 1684
► WHAP to hit → M19 sl.
► WHARP to hit or beat someone → 1861 Amer. dial.
► WHOLLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard → E19 sl.
► WHOP to hit → 1575 sl.
► WING to hit with a ball or missile → M19 sl.
► WOLLOP to beat, to thrash, to hit hard → E19 sl.
► WORK ONE OVER to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1927 sl.
► WRITE ONE’S NAME ACROSS ANOTHER’S ► WRITE ONE’S NAME ABOVE ANOTHER’S to hit in the face → L19 sl., orig. sporting usage
► ZONK ► ZONK OUT to hit or strike → 1950s sl.