tippity runs
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From tip (“to hit lightly”).
Noun edit
- (cricket, Australia, Victoria) A form of backyard cricket; the defining rule of the form, which requires the batsman to run if they hit the ball; the rule increases the pace of the game by creating more runout chances than in ordinary cricket.
Synonyms edit
- (form of backyard cricket): tip and run (Perth, NSW), hit and run (NSW), tipsy run (Brisbane), tippy go (parts of South Australia) tippy go run (Northern Territory), [1]
References edit
- ^ 1999, Graham Seal, The Lingo: Listening to Australian English, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 100.