hit-skip

verb

To flee (as the driver) from the site of a motor vehicle accident without reporting it to the police or emergency services.

Similar
hit and run
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Meanings

verbhit-skip (third-person singular simple present hit-skips, present participle hit-skipping, simple past and past participle hit-skipped)

present singular third person hit-skips · participle present hit-skipping · participle past hit-skipped · past hit-skipped

  1. intransitiverareTo flee (as the driver) from the site of a motor vehicle accident without reporting it to the police or emergency services.

    […] hit-skipping, speeding, driving while intoxicated, crashing red lights, driving the wrong way on one-way streets […]

    1962, Traffic Safety, volumes 60-61, page 26

    Synonyms: hit and run

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo flee (as the driver) from the site of a motor vehicle accident without reporting it to the police or emergency services.

Similar
hit and run
Also see
hit and run
Cite this entry
APA

hit-skip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit-skip

MLA

“hit-skip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit-skip. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hit-skip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit-skip.

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