[hit-n-ruhn] 
adjective, verb, -ran, -run⋅ning.| 1. | guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, esp. a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a hit-and-run driver. |
| 2. | involving or resulting from such action or conduct: hit-and-run fatalities. |
| 3. | Baseball. pertaining to or noting a play in which, to get a head start, a base runner begins to run to the next base as the pitcher delivers the ball to the batter, who must try to hit it in order to protect the runner. |
| 4. | marked by taking flight immediately after a quick, concentrated attack: a hit-and-run raid. |
| 5. | Baseball. to attempt or execute a hit-and-run play. |
