Soak hit on hot European (5)
I believe the answer is:
bathe
'soak' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'hit on hot european' is the wordplay.
'hit' becomes 'bat' (batting is a kind of hitting**).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'hot' becomes 'h'.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'bat'+'h'+'e'='BATHE'
(Other definitions for bathe that I've seen before include "Swim or paddle" , "Swim for pleasure, and clean oneself" , "Immerse oneself in water" , "Wash, soak" , "Bask" .)