[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hit \hit\, n.
   1. a striking against; the collision of one body against
      another; the stroke that touches anything.
      1913 webster

            so he the famed cilician fencer praised,
            and, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. a stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate
      chance; as, he made a hit; esp. a performance, as a
      musical recording, movie, or play, which achieved great
      popularity or acclaim; also used of books or objects of
      commerce which become big sellers; as, the new notebook
      computer was a big hit with business travellers.
      1913 webster +pjc

            what late he called a blessing, now was wit,
            and god's good providence, a lucky hit. --pope.

   3. a peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase
      which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.
      1913 webster

   4. a game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed
      some of his men. it counts less than a gammon.
      1913 webster

   5. baseball a striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul
      hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
      1913 webster

   6. an act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a
      professional assassin.
      pjc

   base hit, safe hit, sacrifice hit. baseball see under
      base, safe, etc.
see also:
gammon base hit base hit safe hit sacrifice hit base 
safe 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sacrifice \sac"rifice\ ?; 277, n. oe. sacrifise, sacrifice,
   f. sacrifice, fr. l. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to
   make. see sacred, and fact.
   1. the offering of anything to god, or to a god; consecratory
      rite.
      1913 webster

            great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,
            to dagon.                             --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. anything consecrated and offered to god, or to a divinity;
      an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon
      an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious
      thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
      1913 webster

            moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
            of human sacrifice.                   --milton.
      1913 webster

            my life, if thou preserv'st my life,
            thy sacrifice shall be.               --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of
      something else; devotion of some desirable object in
      behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more
      pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up;
      as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure
      to interest.
      1913 webster

   4. a sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
      tradesmen's cant
      1913 webster

   burnt sacrifice. see burnt offering, under burnt.

   sacrifice hit baseball, in batting, a hit of such a kind
      that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables
      one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
      1913 webster
see also:
sacred fact burnt sacrifice burnt offering burnt sacrifice hit 

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