runner

Meaning of runner

noun
  1. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
    I just got back from my morning run.
  2. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
    I need to make a run to the store.
  3. A pleasure trip.
    Let's go for a run in the car.
  4. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
  5. Migration (of fish).
  6. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
  7. A path taken by literal movement or figuratively
  8. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
    He set up a rabbit run.
  9. Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
  10. State of being current; currency; popularity.
  11. Continuous or sequential
  12. A flow of liquid; a leak.
    The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
  13. (West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
    The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".
  14. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
    He broke into a run.
  15. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
    Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.
  16. Any sudden large demand for something.
    There was a run on Christmas presents.
  17. Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
  18. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
    He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
  19. In sports
  20. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
    I have a run in my stocking.
  21. The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
  22. The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
  23. A pair or set of millstones.
noun
  1. (usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.
    He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.
  2. A deserter.
  3. A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
  4. Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
  5. A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
    After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.
  6. A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
  7. An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
    Is that old Mercedes on the forecourt a runner? / No, it has no gearbox.
  8. A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
    The red runner makes the table so festive.
  9. A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
    How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.
  10. A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
  11. A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
  12. A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
  13. A competitor in a poker tournament.
  14. A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
  15. A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
  16. (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
  17. A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
  18. A speedrunner.
  19. An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
    This idea isn't a runner. Let's not waste any more time on it.

Information about runner

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of runner is: runners.
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Hyphenation of runner

run-ner

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • runner is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

runner synonyms

Meaning smuggler:

smuggler, contrabandist

Meaning stolon:

stolon, offset

Meaning :

execute, start, tread, ladder, sneaker, trainer, extender

runner antonyms

Meaning :

rise, riser

Translation of runner

Words that rhyme with runner

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