hit-and-run

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

Maryland State Police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a 30-year-old man dead early Sunday morning in Baltimore County. —Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026

Police have arrested a 31-year-old Baltimore man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in the 2200 block of McCulloh Street, authorities said. —Luke Parker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2026

Days after a 70-year-old man was run over by a car and left to die in Fort Lauderdale, police say a man has been arrested in the hit-and-run. —Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

Dalby contacted Prater’s brother, Isaac Prater, and confirmed Prater was the hit-and-run victim. —Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hit-and-run

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun

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