Meaning & use
high hits
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Meanings
nounpluralsport
In sports and games, hits that are powerful, well aimed, or placed high in a ranking or chart.
Grammar: Always plural in this use; it has no singular form in the same sense.
Patterns
- high hits in a game
- land high hits
The coach praised the team for landing high hits on the target.
Her high hits in the final round put her in first place.
Players who aim for high hits often score more points.
nounpluralcomputinginformal
On websites or in advertising, clicks or visits that are numerous or valuable.
Grammar: Used as a plural noun; the singular 'high hit' is rare.
Patterns
- get high hits
- high hits on a page
The video got high hits in its first week online.
Advertisers pay more for pages with high hits.
Their blog enjoys high hits whenever a new article appears.
Common combinations
- get high hits
- The new game got high hits on its launch day.
- score high hits
- She scored several high hits in the second half.
- high hits on a website
- The charity's page had high hits during the campaign.
- record high hits
- The site recorded high hits after the news broke.
Synonyms and how they differ
- big hits
- Big hits stresses impact or popularity, while high hits stresses number or ranking.
- top scores
- Top scores is used mainly for results in a game or test, not for website traffic.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: high hits or highlights?
high hits vs highlights
Highlights are the best or most important parts of something; high hits are many or powerful hits.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'high hits' most naturally.
Choose one answer.
'High hits' is a plural noun for many clicks or visits, so it fits website traffic. The other options use it as a countable single object or as an adjective, which is not how the phrase works.
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Write a sentence using “high hits”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.