To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
(Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
To apply violent force to someone or something.
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The beginning of active operations on anything.
The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
To come up to bat.
To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
To have sex with.
To attack.
To affect negatively.
To strike against something.
To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
To attack, especially amphibiously.
In blackjack, to deal a card to.
to work out
To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
To guess; to light upon or discover.
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
To switch on.
To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
To reach or achieve.
To use; to connect to.
(of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
To briefly visit.
To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
It.
Very successful.
The hit was very slight.
A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
An approximately correct answer in a test set.
Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
An attack on a location, person or people.
The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
A collision of a projectile with the target.
In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.