Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Hit and run (baseball) — A hit and run is a play in baseball in which the baserunners are in motion before the ball is hit and the batter attempts to make contact with the pitch. If the ball is unhittable, such as if it is thrown in the dirt or high above the batter s… … Wikipedia
hit-and-run — I. adjective Date: 1899 1. being or relating to a hit and run in baseball 2. being or involving a motor vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident 3. involving or intended for quick specific action or results < a hit and … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hit and Run (band) — Hit and Run is a bluegrass band from Boulder, Colorado.HistoryHit and Run Bluegrass formed in Colorado in late 2001 with the mutual desire to play authentic yet modern bluegrass.http://www.hitandrunbluegrass.com/band/band Official Website] They… … Wikipedia
Hit and run — typically refers to:*Hit and run (vehicular), the crime of failing to stop and identify oneself after a vehicular collision *Hit and run (baseball), a baseball play in which runners are in motion before the ball is hitHit and run may also refer… … Wikipedia
Hit-and-run posting — refers to a tactic where a poster at an internet forum enters, makes a post, only to disappear immediately after. The term comes from the hit and run crime on auto vehicles, in which the driver hits another car causing an accident and runs away.… … Wikipedia
Caesar and Cleopatra (play) — Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound s Conversion and The Devil s Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans . It was first… … Wikipedia
Play Dirty (album) — Infobox Album Name = Play Dirty Type = studio Artist = Girlschool Released = 1983 Recorded = Genre = Heavy metal Length = 40:14 53:50 (re issue) Label = Bronze Producer = Noddy Holder Jim Lea Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|1.5|5… … Wikipedia
Double play — This article is about the baseball play. For double play magnetic tape, see audio tape length and thickness. For the jazz album, see Double Play!. After stepping on second base, the fielder throws to first to complete a double play In baseball, a … Wikipedia
run the gauntlet — also[gantlet] {v. phr.} 1. To be made to run between two lines of people facing each other and be hit by them with clubs or other weapons. * /Joe had to run the gauntlet as part of his initiation into the club./ 2. To face a hard test; bear a… … Dictionary of American idioms
run the gauntlet — also[gantlet] {v. phr.} 1. To be made to run between two lines of people facing each other and be hit by them with clubs or other weapons. * /Joe had to run the gauntlet as part of his initiation into the club./ 2. To face a hard test; bear a… … Dictionary of American idioms
Comparison between cricket and baseball — Baseball and cricket at the professional level are the best known members of a family of related bat and ball games. While many of their rules, terminology, and strategies are similar, there are many differences some subtle, some major between… … Wikipedia
