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

adj (prenominal)

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)

a.  involved in or denoting a motor-vehicle accident in which the driver leaves the scene without stopping to give assistance, inform the police, etc.

b.  (as noun) a hit-and-run

2. (Military) (of an attack, raid, etc.) relying on surprise allied to a rapid departure from the scene of operations for the desired effect hit-and-run tactics

3. (Team Sports / Baseball) Baseball denoting a play in which a base runner begins to run as the pitcher throws the ball to the batter

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"

Translations

hit-and-run [ˈhɪtənˈrʌn]

A. ADJ hit-and-run accident accidente de carretera en el que el conductor se da a la fuga
hit-and-run driver conductor(a) que atropella a alguien y huye
hit-and-run raid → ataque m relámpago

B. N accidente en el que el culpable se da a la fuga

hit-and-run

n there was a hit-and-run here last night → hier hat heute Nacht jemand einen Unfall gebaut und Fahrerflucht begangen

adj hit-and-run raid (Mil) → Blitzüberfall m; hit-and-run accident/incident → Unfall m → mit Fahrerflucht; hit-and-run cases → Fälle pl → von Fahrerflucht; hit-and-run driver → unfallflüchtiger Fahrer, unfallflüchtige Fahrerin, Unfallflüchtige(r) mf

hit-and-run [ˈhɪtənˈrʌn] adj hit-and-run driver → pirata m della strada
hit-and-run raid (Mil) → attacco m lampo inv
hit-and-run tactics (Mil) → tattica dell'attacco lampo

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hit-and-run [ˈhɪtənˈrʌn] adj hit-and-run driver → pirata m della strada
hit-and-run raid (Mil) → attacco m lampo inv
hit-and-run tactics (Mil) → tattica dell'attacco lampo