hit and run

See also: hit-and-run

English

Alternative forms

• hit-and-run

Noun

hit and run (countable and uncountable, 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.

Derived terms

• hit-and-runner

 

Translations

the crime of causing an accident and leaving

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì), 撞人逃逸 (zhuàngrén táoyì)

• Dutch: vluchtmisdrijf (nl) n
• 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)
• Italian: omissione di soccorso f
• Japanese: 轢き逃げ (ja), ひき逃げ (hikinige)
• Korean: 뺑소니 (ppaengsoni)
• Luxembourgish: Chauffersflucht f, Fuererflucht f
• Malay: langgar lari (ms)
• Polish: ucieczka z miejsca wypadku f
• 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／打带跑 (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／打完闪 (daa² jyun⁴ sim²)

  Mandarin: 一擊脫離／一击脱离 (yìjītuōlí)

• French: tactique du hit-and-run
• German: zuschlagen und wegrennen, Schnellangriffstaktiken f, Fluchttaktiken f
• Italian: tattiche mordi e fuggi
• Japanese: 一撃離脱 (ichigekiridatsu)
• Korean: 일격이탈(一擊離脫) (ilgyeogital)
• Polish: wojna podjazdowa, wojna szarpana
• Russian: ударил-убежал (udaril-ubežal), соколиный удар (sokolinyj udar) (metaphor)
• Spanish: táctica de ataque y retirada, golpe y fuga, ataques relámpago
• Vietnamese: đánh và chạy, đánh rồi rút, tấn công và chạy

See also

• (military tactic): guerrilla warfare

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. (backgammon) Synonym of pick and pass
4. (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