A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

They wanted to start a fight. They would wait for someone to be brave enough to try to hit it off.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

He got a metal shovel and hit the stone sides of the house so that the noise would warn the birds and animals of danger.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

He would give him a little hit from behind.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

"I've always been a devotee of slapstick, and it sort of emphasizes sometimes jokes and you know I think everybody really deep inside would sometime or another would like to throw a pie or get hit with a pie."

VOA: special.2010.10.17

Brazil wanted to hit the U.S. where it would hurt more: by breaking patents on pharmaceuticals and copyrights on movies and software.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Irma continued to have success on both the pop and R&B charts in the 1960s,with her biggest hit coming in 1964, Wish Someone Would Care.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Haven't hit it yet so I've got to hit it next time. If I wasn't in the final it would have been a huge disappointment.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22