hit-and-run

hit-and-run (htn-rn)

adj.

1. Being or involving the driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident, especially one in which a pedestrian or another vehicle has been struck.

2. Baseball Relating to or being a play in which a base runner starts to run on the pitch and the batter attempts to hit the ball to protect the runner.

3. Involving or designed for swift specific action or effect: "a day of hit-and-run disturbances by bands of dissident students" (Alfonso Narvaez).

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hit-and-run

Adjective

denoting a motor-vehicle accident in which the driver does not stop to give assistance or inform the police

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	hit-and-run - designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape; "hit-and-run units"; "tip-and-run assaults" tip-and-run offensive - for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
	2.	hit-and-run - involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident negligent - characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"