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tippety-run
noun a form of cricket in which the person batting must run if he or she hits the ball. Compare hit-and-run, tip-and-go, tip-and-run, tippy cricket, tippy-go-run, tippy-runs, tipsy, tipsy-run. Also, tippety cricket, tippety runs, tippety.
Contributor's comments: tippedy run: a variation of tippy-go run, used when I was a kid in Victoria (Mornington Peninsula) in 1970s and 1980s.
Contributor's comments: Called "tippetty run" in Tasmania.
Contributor's comments: Also called tippety-runs in Victoria (Melbourne western suburbs).
Contributor's comments: In Victoria it is referred to as "tippity" or "tippidy" cricket (the pronounciation is never clear) as in "we are playing tippity cricket".
Contributor's comments: We [Heathmont, Vic] used to call it "tippity".
Contributor's comments: In Victoria we called this game "tippity".
Contributor's comments: We used to play "tip and run" when a child. Also, "French Cricket" used to be good game.
Contributor's comments: As a child on King Island I knew this form of cricket as snick and run.
Contributor's comments: Always used tippety-run in Melbourne to describe this form of cricket.