hit-and-run

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adjective

ˌhit-ᵊn-ˈrən 

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: being or relating to a hit-and-run in baseball

2

: being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident

3

: involving or intended for quick specific action or results

a hit-and-run raid

hit-and-run

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noun

: a baseball play calling for a runner on first to begin running as a pitch is delivered and for the batter to attempt to hit the pitch

hit-and-run

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verb

hit-and-ran; hitting-and-running; hit-and-runs

intransitive verb

: to execute a hit-and-run play in baseball

Examples of hit-and-run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office records indicate Luna died at the hospital around 9:30 p.m. The arrest of Peralta-Berrios comes after police called on the community to share any information about the hit-and-run driver. —James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024

The hit-and-run involving the pedestrian was reported shortly before 1 a.m. on 16th Street, between V and U streets, just north of the Highway 50 portion of the Capital City Freeway. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024

Anyone with information about the hit-and-run crash is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477). —Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024

The man who hit her, a San Francisco Parks employee, was charged with manslaughter in the hit-and-run, CBS San Francisco reported. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1904, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1966, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hit-and-run

adjective

-ˈrən

1

: being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after having an accident

2

: involving or intended for quick action or results

Legal Definition

hit-and-run

adjective

1

: having left the scene of a motor vehicle accident without stopping to fulfill the duties imposed by law (as rendering aid or giving identification)

a hit-and-run driver

2

: involving or concerning a hit-and-run driver

a hit-and-run accident

hit-and-run statutes