(ŕ une porte)1. Asséner. Frapper un coup.
2. Heurter. Frapper ŕ la porte.
3. Affliger. Frappé par un deuil.
4. Atteindre. Frappé par la maladie.
5. Impressionner. Frapper l'imagination.
6. Rafraîchir. Frapper le champagne.
ETYM Old Eng. baschen, baissen. Related to Abash.
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
ETYM Obs. or Prov. Eng.
1. To beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; SYN. clobber, drub, thrash, lick.
2. To strike with, or as if with a baseball bat.
3. To wink briefly; SYN. flutter.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: hit).
1. To deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.
2. To hit against; come into sudden contact with; SYN. strike, impinge on, run into, collide with.
3. To hit the target or goal, as intended.
4. To cause to move by striking.
5. To affect suddenly, usually adversely; SYN. strike.
6. To cause to experience suddenly; SYN. strike, come to.
7. To consume to excess.
ETYM Vulgar Slang, u. s.
(Homonym: nock).
1. To deliver a sharp blow or push ; SYN. strike hard.
2. To rap with the knuckles.
To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy
(Irregular preterit, past participle: smote, smitten).
1. To affect suddenly with deep feeling.
2. To inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
1. To deliver a blow to, deliver a stroke to.
2. To hit a key or note; also used metaphorically:; SYN. hit.
3. To cause (an arc) to form (as between electrodes of an arc lamp).
4. To indicate a certain time by striking, of clocks.
5. To remove by erasing or crossing out; SYN. expunge, excise.
6. To make an attack against an enemy or a target; SYN. hit.
7. To find unexpectedly:; SYN. come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, discover.
8. To arrive at or come upon, as of solutions to problems.
9. To stop work in order to press demands; SYN. walk out.