hit-skip

English

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: hit and run

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

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