tippity runs

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English

Alternative forms

tippity-runs

Etymology

From tip (“to hit lightly”).

Noun

tippity runs (uncountable)

(cricket, Australia, Victoria) A form of backyard cricket; the defining rule of the form, which requires the batsman to run if they hit the ball; the rule increases the pace of the game by creating more runout chances than in ordinary cricket.

Synonyms

(form of backyard cricket): tip and run (Perth, NSW), hit and run (NSW), tipsy run (Brisbane), tippy go (parts of South Australia) tippy go run (Northern Territory), ^[1]

References

^ 1999, Graham Seal, The Lingo: Listening to Australian English, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 100.

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