Meanings
- not comparableOf, 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 February, Rick Raphael, “Code Three”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact1 more example
During the Reaper attack on Thessia, the asari armada used Janiri as a staging base for their hit-and-run attacks on the invading Reapers, striking, jumping to FTL to lose pursuers, and discharging the static into Janiri's magnetic field as they prepared for another attack.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Janiri
plural hit-and-runs
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of hit and run.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedesigned for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape
adjectiveinvolving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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hit-and-run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit-and-run
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