hitting

«hitting» in Mova's school dictionary: touching something hard and fast, often with your hand or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (present participle of hit: hit, hits, hit, hitting); noun (hitting, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hitting means touching something hard and fast, often with your hand or an object. tree →

2) Hitting a ball means striking it with a bat, racket or hand. tree →

3) Hitting can mean reaching something: hitting a target, hitting 100. tree →

sense in the lessons

In behaviour and safety lessons: hitting other people is never OK; use words, walk away or tell an adult. In sport: hitting the ball in tennis, baseball, cricket. In science: forces happen when objects hit each other. Phrases: stop hitting, hitting it off (getting on well), hitting the books (studying hard).

examples

• Stop hitting your brother! tree →
• She is good at hitting the ball. tree →
• The rain was hitting the window. tree →
• Hitting is not allowed at school. tree →
• The car is hitting the brakes. tree →
• They are hitting it off already. tree →
• The price is hitting new highs. tree →
• He kept hitting the target in archery. tree →

note

Double t: hitting. «Hit» stays the same in present, past and past participle (hit, hit, hit). In maths word problems, «hitting 100» means reaching 100.

In the corpora

• "Use your words" means stop hitting, screaming or whining and say what you want.
• Tucking your chin to your chest helps keep your head from hitting the ground.
• Throwing things or hitting out in anger in sport can seriously injure someone.
• Hitting, kicking or grabbing never solves a disagreement fairly.
• Hitting back can get you hurt and can make the bullying worse.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hitting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.