"hit and run" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hit and run.wav Forms: hit and runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hit and run (countable and uncountable, plural hit and runs)
  1. (law) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (the crime of causing an accident and leaving): 肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 撞人逃逸 (zhuàngrén táoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), vluchtmisdrijf [neuter] (Dutch), liikennepako (Finnish), délit de fuite [masculine] (French), Fahrerflucht [feminine] (German), פגע וברח (pagá uvarákh) (Hebrew), cserbenhagyásos gázolás (Hungarian), cserbenhagyás (Hungarian), tabrak lari (Indonesian), omissione di soccorso [feminine] (Italian), 轢き逃げ (Japanese), ひき逃げ (hikinige) (Japanese), 뺑소니 (ppaengsoni) (Korean), Chauffersflucht [feminine] (Luxembourgish), Fuererflucht [feminine] (Luxembourgish), langgar lari (Malay), ucieczka z miejsca wypadku [feminine] (Polish), atropelamento e fuga (Portuguese), бе́гство води́теля с ме́ста доро́жного происше́ствия (bégstvo vodítelja s mésta doróžnovo proisšéstvija) [neuter] (Russian), delito de fuga [feminine] (Spanish), smitning [common-gender] (Swedish), smitningsolycka [common-gender] (Swedish), ชนแล้วหนี (Thai)
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-noun-CLe002OH Topics: law Disambiguation of 'the crime of causing an accident and leaving': 84 11 6
  2. (baseball) A play 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Baseball Derived forms: hit-and-runner Translations (baseball play): 打帶跑 (Chinese Mandarin), 打带跑 (dǎdàipǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), batti e corri [masculine] (Italian), ヒットエンドラン (hitto endo ran) (Japanese), 위험(危險)한 모험 (wiheomhan moheom) (alt: 冒險) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-noun-Vh~r2dKW Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball play': 2 96 2
  3. (military) The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military Related terms (military tactic): guerrilla warfare Translations (military tactic): 打完閃 (Chinese Cantonese), 打完闪 (daa² jyun⁴ sim²) (Chinese Cantonese), 一擊脫離 (Chinese Mandarin), 一击脱离 (yìjītuōlí) (Chinese Mandarin), tactique du hit-and-run (French), Schnellangriffstaktik [feminine] (German), Fluchttaktik [feminine] (German), tattiche mordi e fuggi (Italian), 一撃離脱 (ichigekiridatsu) (Japanese), 일격이탈 (ilgyeogital) (alt: 一擊離脫) (Korean), wojna podjazdowa (Polish), wojna szarpana (Polish), ударил-убежал (udaril-ubežal) (Russian), соколиный удар (sokolinyj udar) (english: metaphor) (Russian), táctica de ataque y retirada (Spanish), golpe y fuga (Spanish), ataques relámpago (Spanish), đánh và chạy (Vietnamese), đánh rồi rút (Vietnamese), tấn công và chạy (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-noun-HcbJyUF- Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military tactic': 13 9 78 Disambiguation of 'military tactic': 13 9 78

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hit and run.wav Forms: hits and runs [present, singular, third-person], hitting and running [participle, present], hit and ran [past], hit and run [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> and run<,,ran,run>}} 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. Synonyms: hit-skip, hit-and-run Related terms: snatch and run
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-verb-iXyknODH
  2. (poker) To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave. Categories (topical): Poker Translations (hit someone with a vehicle then leave): 肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 撞人逃逸 (zhuàngrén táoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), paeta onnettomuuspaikalta (Finnish), скры́ться с ме́ста ДТП (skrýtʹsja s mésta DTP) [perfective] (Russian), vurup kaçmak (Turkish) Translations (join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave): kerätä pikavoitot (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-verb-2wEeBAPn Topics: card-games, poker Disambiguation of 'hit someone with a vehicle then leave': 36 45 1 2 16 Disambiguation of 'join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave': 1 92 3 1 2
  3. (backgammon) Synonym of pick and pass Categories (topical): Backgammon Synonyms: pick and pass [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-verb-njGLr0xw Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 6 5 5 9 5 53 11 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 7 5 6 39 15 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 8 7 11 8 37 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 6 6 7 42 12 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 7 5 7 43 13 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 10 10 8 7 8 37 14 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 9 7 8 9 36 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 10 8 6 7 36 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 11 6 7 8 34 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 10 7 7 8 36 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 9 11 8 6 7 37 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 10 8 7 5 30 22 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 10 8 6 7 35 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 10 7 7 8 38 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 10 7 7 8 38 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 10 8 6 7 35 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 10 9 8 7 7 37 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 9 10 8 6 7 35 17 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 9 10 7 7 33 16 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 10 8 7 8 35 15 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 12 8 6 7 35 16 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 10 7 7 8 38 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 10 6 7 8 39 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 10 8 6 7 36 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 9 11 8 6 7 35 15 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 10 8 6 7 36 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 10 8 6 7 35 17 8 Topics: backgammon, games
  4. (Internet, slang) To download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding. Tags: Internet, slang Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-verb-yZSex3mf
  5. (baseball) To leave the base before the batter hits the ball. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-hit_and_run-en-verb-PeJfwtO9 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "the crime of causing an accident and leaving",
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      "sense": "the crime of causing an accident and leaving",
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      "sense": "the crime of causing an accident and leaving",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the crime of causing an accident and leaving",
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      "sense": "the crime of causing an accident and leaving",
      "word": "ชนแล้วหนี"
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      "sense": "baseball play",
      "word": "打帶跑"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dǎdàipǎo",
      "sense": "baseball play",
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      "sense": "baseball play",
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      "word": "batti e corri"
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      "roman": "hitto endo ran",
      "sense": "baseball play",
      "word": "ヒットエンドラン"
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      "roman": "wiheomhan moheom",
      "sense": "baseball play",
      "word": "위험(危險)한 모험"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "打完閃"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "daa² jyun⁴ sim²",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "打完闪"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "一擊脫離"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yìjītuōlí",
      "sense": "military tactic",
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      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "tactique du hit-and-run"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military tactic",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "military tactic",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "tattiche mordi e fuggi"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "ichigekiridatsu",
      "sense": "military tactic",
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      "alt": "一擊離脫",
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      "roman": "ilgyeogital",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "일격이탈"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "wojna podjazdowa"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "wojna szarpana"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udaril-ubežal",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "ударил-убежал"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sokolinyj udar",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "соколиный удар"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "táctica de ataque y retirada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "golpe y fuga"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "ataques relámpago"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "đánh và chạy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "đánh rồi rút"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "military tactic",
      "word": "tấn công và chạy"
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      "roman": "zhàoshì táoyì",
      "sense": "hit someone with a vehicle then leave",
      "word": "肇事逃逸"
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