HIT-AND-RUN

I. adjective Date: 1899 being or relating to a ~ in baseball, being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident, involving or intended for quick specific action or results , II. noun Date: 1904 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, III. intransitive verb Date: 1966 to execute a ~ play in baseball