“hit-and-”

The following 5 entries include the term hit-and-.

hit-and-miss

adjective

: sometimes successful and sometimes not : not reliably good or successful

hit-and-run

adjective

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

hit-and-run

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

verb

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

hit-and-runner

noun

: one that hits and runs away


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