hit vs showpiece

noun

Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
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.
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.

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verb

To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
To come up to bat.
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.

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