hit

verbA1/hɪt/

To strike.

To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.physical, transitive
To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.physical, transitive
To strike against something.intransitive, physical
To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.physical, transitive
To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.physical, slang, transitive
To attack, especially amphibiously.physical, transitive
To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.ambitransitive, figuratively, physical

To attain, to achieve.

To reach or achieve.informal, transitive
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.intransitive
To guess; to light upon or discover.

To make a play.

In blackjack, to deal a card to.transitive
To come up to bat.intransitive
To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

To use; to connect to.transitive
To have sex with.US, slang, transitive
To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.US, slang, transitive
(of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.transitive
To work out.transitive

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I really need to hit somebody.

It is easier to hit on people on the Internet than in the street.