hit me

phrase

Said by a player to ask the dealer to deal them another card.

Meanings

phrase
  1. slangblackjackSaid by a player to ask the dealer to deal them another card.
  2. slangGive me a (usually alcoholic) beverage.

    “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
    2 more examples

    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
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, me.
Cite this entry
APA

hit me. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20me

MLA

“hit me.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20me. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hit me,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20me.

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