HIT
ACCIDENTALLY PUNISH Ж ACCIDENT
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VIOLENT
ATTACKф ^ HURT/INJURE DELIBERATELY
to hit someone deliberately
hit 'hit/ [u Tj to deliberately hit someone with your hand, or with something that you are holding in your hand: / was so mad / just wanted to hit her. Kit sb with sth Cathy turned around and hit the man with her umbrella. hit sb in the eye/on the noselover the head He hit a waiter over the head with a bottle during a drunken fight.
hitting - hit - have hit
punch 'рлпф (и Tj to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially during a fight. Steve swung around and punched Rick, knocking him to the ground. punch sb on the nose/in the eye/in the face Sarah was arrested for punching a police officer in the eye.
slap /slaep/ [i> T] to hit someone quickly with the flat part of your hand making a loud sound; Liz got really angry with her daughter and slapped her slap sb across the face He was so rude, I felt like slapping him across the face. slapping - slapped - have slapped
beat up /,bi:t лр; [pЛ rasa/ verb T] to hurt someone badly by hitting them again and again
beat sb up Bob often used to get drunk and beat his wife up. beat up sb The gang would beat up old women and steal their money.
beat Up on sb /bi:t 'лр on (sb)||-a:n-/
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[phrasa/ verb T] American to hurt someone younger and weaker than yourself by hitting them again and again. Wayne used to beat up on other kids in the class.
to hit someone or something by accident
hit /hit/ [и T) to hit someone or something without intending to: Be careful with that ladder! You nearly hit me with it. I The bus hit a tree and the driver was badly injured.
hit sb on the head/in the face etc A
flowerpot fell off the balcony, hitting a child on the head.
hit your head/knee/elbow etc He fell
and hit his head on the side of the desk. hitting - hit - have hit
bump into sb/sth /'Ьлтр intui (sb/sth)/
[phrasal verb T] to accidentally hit someone or something when you are walking
or running, because you are not paying
attention or you cannot see properly: Mark ran around the corner and bumped into his teacher. I I kept bumping into things as I made my way across the dark yard.
crash into sb/sth /'kr<ej mtu: (sb/sth),
[phrasal verb T] to accidentally hit someone or something when you are moving very fast, causing a lot of damage and making a lot of noise-. The car crashed straight into a tree. I Eric came running down the corridor and crashed into me.
bang '1Ъщ1 [v T] to accidentally make part of your body, or something you are carrying, hit hard against something else, making a noise
bang sth on/against sth They banged the piano against the wall as they car ried it downstairs.
bang your head/knee/elbow etc Sean banged his knee getting up from the desk.
collide .'ka'laid/ [v I] if people or vehicles collide, they hit each other when they are moving in different directions: Two planes collided in mid-air.
+ with He ran out of the door, and almost collided with Sally as she uoas coming in.
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beat Ib'ml [v T] to hit someone many times with your hand or with a stick, gun etc in order to punish them: The guards dragged Blair out of his cell and beat him.
beat sb with sth Two of the soldiers began beating her with rifles.
beating - beat - have beaten
smack/spank/slap /smack, spaenk, slaep/ [u T] to hit a child who you think is
behaving badly, using your hand: Dad would sometimes shout at us, but he never smacked us. I Do you think that parents should be allowed to spank their children?
slapping - slapped - have slapped smack/spank/slap [n singular] Stop being so naughty or you 11 get a smack!
corporal punishment /,кэ:гр«?го1
рлш/тэги/ [n U| when people, especially children in schools, are punished by being hit: Corporal punishment was abolished in Britain in 1986,
to hit a bait when playing a sport
hit /hit [и T] to hit a ball in a sport, usually with a bat, racket, or other piece of equipment: You get three chances to hit the ball. ! Torrance took a good look at the ball and hit it 80 yards up the fairway. hit sth hard Hit the ball as hard as you can,
hitting - hit - have hit
to hit a door, table, or window in order to get attention
knock /пок||па:к/ [и I) to hit a door or window several times with your hand, because you want to go inside or talk to someone: Please knock before you enter I We kept knocking, but no-one opened the door.
Don't say 'knock the door'. Say knock
on the door or knock at the door.
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bang /Ъж1]/ [u I] to keep hitting a door, window, table etc, making a loud noise
knock on/at the door Was that someone knocking at the door? knock on/at the window Ella knocked lightly on the car window to try and wake him up. knock |n singular] Dad gave a loud knock on the door.
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bang on the door/window/table etc
Mum was banging on his bedroom door, screaming at him to turn the music down. I The students started banging on their desks.