hit the roof Definition

hit
verb hit (past tense, past participle), hitting (present participle)

1. To strike someone or something.

Thesaurus: strike, belt, cudgel, cuff, club, flail, pelt, rap, slap, smite, pop, let have it (slang), whack (slang).
2. To come into forceful contact with something.
3. To reach a target with a blow, missile, etc.
4. To knock something (eg oneself or part of oneself) against something, especially hard or violently.

Example: hit one's head on the door
5. To affect suddenly and severely.

Example: The sad news hit her hard
intr
6. To strike or direct a blow.
7. colloq
To find or attain something, especially an answer, by chance
Example: You've hit it!
8. To reach or arrive at something.

Example: hit an all-time low
9. sport.
To drive (the ball) with a stroke of the bat.
10. colloq
To reach a place or location.
Example: We'll hit the city tomorrow

noun

1. A stroke or blow.

Thesaurus: impact, collision, blow, bump, knock, punch, smack, stroke, swipe, wallop.
2. sport.
A successful stroke or shot.
3. colloq
Something of extreme popularity or success.
Example: The new cinema is a real hit
Thesaurus: success, triumph, achievement, masterstroke, winner, knockout (slang), sellout, smash, sensation; Antonym: flop, dud.
4. An effective remark, eg a sarcasm or witticism.
5. slang
A murder, especially one by organized gangs.
6. drug-taking slang
A shot of a hard drug.

Idiom: hard hit

See under hard.

Idiom: hit it off with someone

To get on well with them.

Idiom: hit it up

drug-taking slang
To inject a drug.

Idiom: hit the bottle

See under bottle.

Idiom: hit the ceiling (hit the roof)

To be extremely angry.

Idiom: hit the hay (hit the sack)

slang
To go to bed.

Idiom: hit the nail on the head

See under nail.

Idiom: hit the road

To leave or depart.

Idiom: make a hit with someone (score a hit with someone)

To be successful or popular with them.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hittan.

Phrasal Verb: hit at someone

To direct a blow, sarcasm, jibe, attack, etc at them.

Phrasal Verb: hit back

To retaliate.

Phrasal Verb: hit someone or something off

To imitate, mimic, or aptly describe them or it.

Phrasal Verb: hit on or upon someone

To come upon or discover them or it; to single them or it out.To make sexual advances towards them.

Phrasal Verb: hit out at or against someone or something

To attack them or it physically or verbally.

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roof
noun roofs, rooves (common in spoken English, but non-standard in writing)

1a. The top outside covering of a building;
1b. The structure at the top of a building that supports this.
2. A similar top or covering for a vehicle, etc.
3. The interior overhead surface of a room, vault, cave, etc.
4. A dwelling or home.

Example: two families under the same roof
5. The top inner surface of an oven, refrigerator, etc.
6. The upper inside surface of the mouth; the palate.

Form: roof of the mouth (usually)
7. A high, or the highest, level; an upper limit.

Example: the roof of the world

verb roofed, roofing

1. To cover or provide something with a roof.
2. To serve as a roof or shelter for something.

Derivative: roofed
adj

With a roof.

Derivative: roofer
noun

Someone who makes or repairs roofs.

Derivative: roofing

Materials for building a roof.

The roof itself.

Derivative: roofless
adj

Derivative: rooflike
adj

Idiom: have a roof over one's head

To have somewhere to live.

Idiom: go through the roof (hit the roof)

colloq
To become very angry.
Thesaurus: lose one's temper, become angry, fume, blow a fuse (slang), hit the ceiling (US slang).

Idiom: raise the roof

To make a great deal of noise or fuss.

To become very angry.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hrof.