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Definition of Take a hit
1. Verb. Inhale through the nose.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take A Hit
Literary usage of Take a hit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and by Henry Mayhew (1851)
""We live on bread and tea, and sometimes a fresh herring of a night Sometimes we
don't cat a hit all day when we're out; sometimes we take a hit of bread ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"... of some such words as these, to which he had no responsive power— " You won't
take a hint like a gentleman ; so take a hit like a blackguard. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"... of some such words as these, to which he had no responsive power— " You won't
take a hint like a gentleman ; so take a hit like a blackguard. ..."
4. Battlefields of the Civil War by Blair Howard (1998)
"Don't be afraid to take a hit now and again. You can die on the field, ...
When you take a hit, you should fall forward. This will prevent you from falling ..."
5. The Cook's Own Book and Housekeeper's Register: Being Receipts for Cooking by N. K. M. Lee, Mrs N K M Lee (1842)
"... to remove the sugar, which will have stuck to it ; take a hit of it in your
teeth; if it is hard in its crackling, take it off, it is sufficiently done; ..."
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