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- English Word Histrionical Definition Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
- English Word Histrionicism Definition The histronic art; stageplaying.
- English Word Histrionism Definition Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.
- English Word Histrionize Definition To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
- English Word Hit Definition It.
- English Word Hit Definition 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.
- English Word Hit Definition of Hit
- English Word Hit Definition To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).
- English Word Hit Definition To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
- English Word Hit Definition To guess; to light upon or discover.
- English Word Hit Definition To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- English Word Hit Definition To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.
- English Word Hit Definition To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.
- English Word Hit Definition A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- English Word Hit Definition A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.
- English Word Hit Definition A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
- English Word Hit Definition A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
- English Word Hit Definition A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
- English Word Hit. Definition having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.
- English Word Hitch Definition To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- English Word Hitch Definition To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
- English Word Hitch Definition To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
- English Word Hitch Definition To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.
- English Word Hitch Definition To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
- English Word Hitch Definition A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
- English Word Hitch Definition The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
- English Word Hitch Definition A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
- English Word Hitch Definition A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
- English Word Hitch Definition A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
- English Word Hitch Definition A small dislocation of a bed or vein.