clap vs hit

clap

verb
  • To have sex. 

  • To fornicate, copulate. 

  • To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together). 

  • To slap with the hand in a jovial manner. 

  • To shoot (somebody) with a gun. 

  • To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. 

  • To applaud. 

  • To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound. 

  • To set or put, usually in haste. 

noun
  • The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. 

  • A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow. 

  • A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) 

  • Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. 

  • The nether part of the beak of a hawk. 

  • The explosive sound of thunder. 

  • Gonorrhea. 

  • A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner. 

hit

verb
  • To have sex with. 

  • To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana. 

  • To come up to bat. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Very successful. 

noun
  • 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. 

pron
  • It. 

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