HIT-AND-RUN


Meaning of HIT-AND-RUN in English

I. -ˈrən adjective

Date: 1899

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

2. : being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident

3. : involving or intended for quick specific action or results

a hit-and-run raid

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 hit-and-run play in baseball

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.