hit or miss

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hit awr mis]
- /hɪt ɔr mɪs/
- /hɪt ɔː(r) mɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hit awr mis]
- /hɪt ɔr mɪs/

Definitions of hit or miss words

adjective hit or miss careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research. 1
verb with object hit or miss to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 1
verb with object hit or miss to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like: The car hit the tree. 1
verb with object hit or miss to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the bullet hit him? 1
verb with object hit or miss to succeed in striking: With his final shot he hit the mark. 1
verb with object hit or miss Baseball. to make (a base hit): He hit a single and a home run. bat1 (def 12). 1

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Origin of hit or miss

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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Parts of speech for Hit or miss

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hit or miss

hit or miss popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

hit or miss usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hit or miss

adj hit or miss

by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
haphazardly — in a haphazard manner; at random.
hit-or-miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.

All 4 Synonyms of hit or miss