hit-and-run

Dictionary: hit-and-run (hĭt'n-rŭn')

adj.

Being or involving the driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident, especially one in which a pedestrian or another vehicle has been struck.
Baseball. Relating to or being a play in which a base runner starts to run on the pitch and the batter attempts to hit the ball to protect the runner.
Involving or designed for swift specific action or effect: “a day of hit-and-run disturbances by bands of dissident students” (Alfonso Narvaez).

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WordNet: hit-and-run

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape
Synonym: tip-and-run

Meaning #2: involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident

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Look up hit and run in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hit and run typically refers to:

Hit and run (vehicular), the crime of failing to stop and identify oneself after a vehicular collision
Hit and run (baseball), a baseball play in which runners are in motion before the ball is hit

Hit and run may also refer to:

In music:

Hit & Run Music Publishing, a music publishing house in the United Kingdom
Hit and Run (band), a bluegrass band from Boulder, Colorado
Hit and Run (punk band), a punk rock band from Portland, Oregon
Hit and Run (album), a 1981 album by Girlschool
"Hit and Run", a song by Kim Carnes on her album Mistaken Identity
"Hit and Run", a 1980 song by the group The Bar-Kays
Hit and Run (instrumental), recorded by Ralph Dollimore
"Hit and Run", alternate title of Paula Abdul's song "Straight Up".
"Hit and Run", a Psychedelic song by Skazi.

In other entertainment:

Hit and Run (2009 film) , an MGM horror film.
"Hit and Run", an episode of the television series Strangers with Candy
The Simpsons Hit & Run, a video game based on the Simpsons television series
Hit & Run (Gladiators), an event on the UK television series Gladiators
Hit & Run, a blog published by the magazine Reason
Hit and Run (2002 film), directed by Richard Jutras

Other uses:

Hit-and-run tactics, a military tactical doctrine
Hit-and-run posting, on internet forums

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Translations: Hit-and-run

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flugt-, lyn-, hit-and-run

Nederlands (Dutch)
snel en verrassend (aanval etc.), betreffende geval van aanrijden en wegvluchten

Français (French)
adj. - éclair (attaque, raid), coupable de délit de fuite (lors d'un accident), qui attaque et prend la fuite (un gang), en délit de fuite (un chauffeur)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unfallflüchtig, Blitz-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εγκαταλείπει το θύμα του αβοήθητο
n. - εγκατάλειψη θύματος

Italiano (Italian)
causato da un pirata della strada

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - culpado de deixar a cena do acidente
n. - acidente (m) onde o culpado foge

Русский (Russian)
водитель, который удирает, сбив пешехода

Español (Spanish)
adj. - que causa un accidente y se da a la fuga, béisbol

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smitning- (trafik)
n. - smitning, smitare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
打了就跑的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 打了就跑的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뺑소니 차의, (야구) 치고 달리는, 사고를 치고 도망가는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ひき逃げの, 電撃的な, ヒットエンドランの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عن سائق سيارة يفر بسيارته بعد حادثه يصطدم فيها شخصا دون أن يتوقف ليساعده (الاسم) السائق الذي يفر بسيارته بعد حادثه ألخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פגע וברח‬

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