hit and run

hit and run

See also: hit-and-run

English

Alternative forms

• hit-and-run

Noun

hit and run (plural hit and runs)

1. (law) The crime of causing an accident, as with a motor vehicle, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
   • 1978, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle:

     But why don't you grab your old lady by the feet / And just lay her out in the darkest street / And by morning, she's just another hit and run

2. (baseball) A play in baseball where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this will give them an advantage.
3. (military) The military technique of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.

Translations

the crime of causing an accident and leaving

Chinese: Mandarin: 肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì), 撞人逃逸 (zhuàngrén táoyì) Finnish: liikennepako French: délit de fuite (fr) m German: Fahrerflucht (de) f Hebrew: פגע וברח‎ (he) (pagá uvarákh) Hungarian: cserbenhagyásos gázolás (hu), cserbenhagyás (hu) Indonesian: tabrak lari (id) Japanese: 轢き逃げ (ja), ひき逃げ (hikinige) Korean: 뺑소니 (ppaengsoni) Luxembourgish: Chauffersflucht f, Fuererflucht f Malay: langgar lari (ms) Russian: бе́гство води́теля с ме́ста доро́жного происше́ствия n (bégstvo vodítelja s mésta doróžnovo proisšéstvija) Spanish: delito de fuga f Swedish: smitning (sv) c, smitningsolycka c Thai: ชนแล้วหนี

baseball play

Chinese: Mandarin: 打帶跑 (dǎdàipǎo) Japanese: ヒットエンドラン (hitto endo ran) Korean: 위험(危險)한 모험(冒險) (wiheomhan moheom)

military technique

Chinese: Cantonese: 打完閃 (daa2 jyun4 sim2) Mandarin: 一擊脫離 (yìjītuōlí) Japanese: 一撃離脱 (ichigekiridatsu) Korean: 일격이탈(一擊離脫) (ilgyeogital)

Verb

hit and run (third-person singular simple present hits and runs, present participle hitting and running, simple past hit and ran, past participle hit and run)

1. To hit something or someone with a vehicle and leave the scene of the incident.
2. To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.
3. (Internet) To download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding.

Synonyms

• (hit with vehicle and depart): hit-skip

Translations

hit someone with a vehicle then leave

Chinese: Mandarin: 肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì), 撞人逃逸 (zhuàngrén táoyì) Finnish: paeta onnettomuuspaikalta Russian: скры́ться с ме́ста ДТП pf (skrýtʹsja s mésta DTP) Turkish: vurup kaçmak

join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kerätä pikavoitot Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• snatch and run