sassination. (Underworld.) There was
a hit at the bank on Maple Street last
night. Somebody died in the hit last
night, but they don’t know who yet.hit by the stupid stickmod.made to act
really stupid. Nobody can be that dumb.
You must have been hit by the stupid stick.
He can’t do any better in math. He was
hit by the stupid stick when he was a kid.
hit by the ugly stickmod.made to be very
ugly. She is so lame. Looks like she was
hit by the ugly stick till it broke! Go look
in the mirror. It looks like you was hit by
the ugly stick!
hitchedmod. married. (Folksy.) Sam
and Mary decided to get hitched. They
went out of state to get hitched.
hit it with someonetv.to copulate with
someone. Did she hit it with him, or
what?
hit listn. a list of people to whom some-
thing is going to happen. Ralph is on
my hit list for contributing money for the
orphans. She’s on our hit list for volun-
teers.
hit man 1. n. a hired killer. (Underworld.)
Sam was the perfect hit man. Hardly
any brains or conscience. To l o o k a t
Rocko, you’d never believe he was a hit
man. 2. n. a man hired by a helpless ad-
dict to inject drugs. (Drugs. See also
pinch hitter.) Gert needed a hit man
when she was sick. Max refuses to be a
hit man. He says that’s not what he does
best.
Hit me. 1. and hit me againtv. [in gam-
bling] Deal me a card. Hit me again,
dealer! Okay, hit me. 2. tv. Give me the
high five. Hit me! Where you been? Hit
me again! Long time, no see. Hit me,
man. 3. and hit me againtv. Serve me
(another) drink. Hit me again, bar-
tender. It’s empty. Hit me.
hit me againGo to hit me.
hit me on the hiptv. call me on my pager.
(Pagers are usually worn attached to one’s
belt or in a pants packet.) When you
need me, just hit me on the hip.
hit on someonein. to flirt with someone;
to make a pass at someone. The women
were all hitting on George, but he didn’t
complain. I just knew he was going to
hit on me—but he didn’t.
hit on somethingin. to discover some-
thing. She hit on a new scheme for re-
moving the impurities from drinking wa-
ter. I hit on it when I wasn’t able to sleep
one night.
hit pay dirt and strike pay dirt 1. tv. to
discover something of value. At last,
we hit pay dirt. When we opened the
last trunk, we knew we had hit pay dirt.- tv. to get to the basic facts of some-
thing. Now we’re beginning to hit pay
dirt. When we figured out the code, we
really struck pay dirt.
hit someone below the belttv. to deal
with someone unfairly. (Boxing.)
Don’t hit the guy below the belt! Yo u
were hitting Tom below the belt when you
said that.
hit someone (up) for somethingtv. to ask
someone for something. I hit Fred up
for some help with the committee. He
hit me up for a loan, but I said no.
hit someone with somethingtv. to pre-
sent someone with an idea, plan, or pro-
posal. Pete hit me with a great idea just
before we left. Fred hit his boss with a
plan to save a bundle in the front office.
hit the books and pound the bookstv.
to study hard. I spent the weekend
pounding the books. I gotta go home and
hit the books.
hit the boozeGo to hit the bottle.
hit the bottle and hit the boozetv. to go
on a drinking bout; to get drunk. Jed’s
hitting the bottle again. He’s been hit-
ting the booze for a week now.
hit the bricks and hit the pavement 1.
tv. to start walking; to go into the streets.
I have a long way to go. I’d better hit the
bricks. Go on! Hit the pavement! Get go-
ing! 2. tv. to go out on strike. The work-
ers hit the pavement on Friday and haven’t
been back on the job since. Agree to our
demands, or we hit the bricks.
hit by the stupid stick