Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
Sink
Sink verb - To become worse or of less value.
How words are described
| known | known hit | known sink |
| old | old hit | old sink |
| high | high hit | high sink |
| regular | regular hit | regular sink |
| Other adjectives: solid, current, single, small, powerful, actual, real, massive, big, huge, new, major, minor, next, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He climbs into his escape pod, ejects from the station, aims for the Atlantic Ocean...and still manages to hit and sink an abandoned cruise ship.
Source: Precision Crash -
He is hit by a kitchen sink from nowhere near the end of the cartoon (after all, he'd been hit with practically everything else...).
Source: Kitchen Sink Included -
Costello: You know-you know, they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink.
Source: Kitchen Sink Included
Cite this Source
Sink and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/sink
Hit & Sink. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/sink>.
Sink or Hit. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/sink.
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