hit me

phrase — 3 senses

hit me

phrase
1

Blackjack, Games Slang Said by a player to ask the dealer to deal them another card.

2

Slang Give me a (usually alcoholic) beverage.

  • He went in and sat on an empty stool at the bar. “Angel, hit me with a shot of whiskey,” he said without preamble. What the hell was the point of trying to straighten out a life when it got you nothing? Angel set the drink in front of him.2011, Mary Sullivan, Beyond Ordinary, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 98:
  • Halfway to the bar he called out, “Hola, amigos!” And to the bartender: “Señor, hit me with a Cutty Sark on the rocks.”2011, Cooper, The Queen's Assassin, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 6:
1 more example
  • “Hit me again, Albert,” Eric said, slamming his shot glass on the bar and digging in his pocket for money.2012, Gloria Taylor Weinberg, A Homicide in Hooker's Point, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 70:
3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, me.

Related terms
fire away

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