Sekirov Dictionary

hit and run

verb 6
noun 4
hit-and-run adjective 1
forms 5

verb6

(informal) To hit something or someone with a vehicle and leave the scene of the incident.
To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.
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(slang) To engage in sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; to engage in a one-night stand.
- You can't hit and run / I've got to be number one / Better make up your mind / 'Cause you'll never find a love so divine — 1977
(Internet, slang) To download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding.
To leave the base before the batter hits the ball.
Synonym of pick and pass.

noun4

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The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
- 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 — 1978
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The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
- It used it as a launching pad of its hit and run attacks against Yugoslavia with the full—though clandestine—support of the Bulgarian Ministry of War and Fascist Italy. — 2002
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.
(slang) Sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.

hit-and-run adjective1

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Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.
- If observed, approach with extreme caution and inform nearest control of contact. Both subjects now under multiple federal warrants charging bank robbery, murder, and hit-and-run murder. — 1963

forms

hit and ran · hitting and running · hits and runs · hit and runs · hit-and-runs

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