hits
Successful popular songs
Hits is the plural of hit—strikes, successful attempts, or popular successes.
A website counts its hits.
A song that charts is a hit; an album full of them is greatest hits.
In baseball, hits put runners on base.
A hitman's hits are murders.
Drug hits are doses: He took a few hits off the joint.
Spreading quickly online
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- smashBreak violently apart
winner · crowd-pleaser · phenomenon · runaway · box-office · sleeper · mainstream · breakthrough
Page load tallies
- clicksBrief sharp sounds
- trafficMovement along routes
- visitorsPeople who come temporarily
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
counter · impressions · sessions · engagement · metrics · tracking · website · views
One in number
- chart-topperSong at position one
- trackPath or monitored route
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- bangerBritish pork link
smash · platinum · gold · Billboard · number-one · album · airplay · download
Forceful contact between objects
viral
Spreading quickly online
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
smash · winner · crowd-pleaser · phenomenon · runaway · box-office · sleeper · mainstream · breakthrough · acclaimed
pageviews
Page load tallies
analytics · counter · impressions · sessions · engagement · metrics · tracking · website · views · statistics
single
One in number
- chart-topperSong at position one
- trackPath or monitored route
- anthemOfficial song of praise
banger · smash · platinum · gold · Billboard · number-one · album · airplay · download · stream
collision
Forceful contact between objects
smack · whack · slap · knock · bash · crash · smash · thump · jolt · contact
homerun
Hit clearing all bases
walk-off · RBI · bunt · groundball · leadoff · at-bat · contact · swing
dose
Quantity of medicine
puff · toke · drag · inhale · smoke · injection · line · bump · snort · euphoria
- songssong, songs, tune, folk ballads, melody
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- bat-and-ballbat, ball, batter, pitcher, catcher
- Pop Chartsnumber one, singles, albums, Billboard, chart-toppers
- statsaverage, mean, median, mode, percentage
- big hitsblockbusters, blockbuster, bestseller, gold records, triple platinum
hitsmisses
Fails to connect
whiffs · near misses · misfires · strikeouts · errors
- hit the roadBegin one's journey
- hit meBlackjack card request
- big hitWildly popular success
- hit or missLacking consistent reliability
- hit the jackpotWin a major prize
- hit it offConnect immediately upon meeting
hit, hitting, hitman, hitter, hit-and-run, hitmen, hitters, hitmaker, hitless