Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in
Tap is a synonym for hit in blow topic. In some cases you can use "Tap" instead the word "Hit" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like rap, strike, beat, knock.
Nearby Word: hitting
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good hit | good tap |
| free | free hit | free tap |
| proper | proper hit | proper tap |
| single | single hit | single tap |
| Other adjectives: small, powerful, severe, new, slightest, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Tap on the Head: Youll get hit on the head and knocked unconscious for two hours at the Palm Tree Motel if you try to force your way into a room instead of lockpicking.
Source: Video Game / The Dame Was Loaded -
If you lower a foe's aim via disorientation, Suppression or something else and it has line of sight to the data tap, it may decide to attack the easier-to-hit data tap instead.
Source: Video Game / XCOM 2 -
In protect the data tap missions, it is possible for aliens that have had their aim lowered to go after the much easier-to-hit data tap rather than your troops.
Source: Video Game / XCOM 2
Cite this Source
Tap and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/tap
Hit & Tap. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/tap>.
Tap or Hit. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/tap.
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