runner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
biology
botany
broadcasting
card-games
climbing
cricket
film
games
hobbies
lifestyle
media
natural-sciences
nautical
poker
sailing
softball
sports
television
transport
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Displaced earlier Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”).
((botany) a long stolon sent by a plant): Compare typologically Russian побе́г (pobég) (akin to бежа́ть (bežátʹ)).
Base: run
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: runners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
examples: The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.
Near-synonym: racer
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
examples: The mare is the stables' runner for the 5.15 race at Epsom.
The judge said she would not be a runner in the upcoming elections.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
examples: […] at least half of which would be put into the pool for the winner, the rest kept for the runners of the system to cover costs and more than likely make a fair profit.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
tags: in-compounds
examples: The gunrunners were arrested leaving the airport.
The modus operandi used by the idol and antique runners is to order consignments of fakes.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
examples: The runner was out at second.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
examples: By 1963, Carmine was working as a "runner" for an accounting firm, and he would drop by 1619 Broadway to knock on doors in hopes of selling off some of his songs
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
examples: “Then you divide your army amongst the various houses where restorations are ordered for Jubilee day?” / “Certainly—say one waiter to ten guests—if it was a dinner we should send one waiter to six guests—with runners, of course.” / “Runners?” / “Omnibuses you call them here—young ones—apprentices—who wait on the waiters.” / “Run everywhere, do anything?”
[…] the chef can send a runner to see why not and if the waiter has forgotten about the order, a runner can cover and serve.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
tags: US
dated
examples: In our prisons you might find a condemned man working as a runner, a trusty, which is about as far from segregation as you can get.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: runners. Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
gloss: Agent noun of run; one who runs.
pos: noun
gloss: A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.
We were shocked, astonished, when the staff, when pushed, disclosed that they had had to cover runners the previous night. The runners used the scam of ‘smoking’ to go outside after eating and drinking champagne and top-notch wine … and kept walking. And who paid their bill? Staff! Disgusting.
gloss: A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
Ireland
Scotland
examples: Tess stands by Mr Foley in runners that are bright yellow and exuberant and off-putting.
gloss: Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
pos: noun
gloss: A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
pos: noun
examples: After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
examples: Maintenance was simplified by making all components easily accessible and easy to remove: for example, the air compressors in the short nose slide out on runners.
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
pos: noun
gloss: An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The car salesman told me that the used Volvo was a nice little runner.
Is that old Mercedes on the forecourt a runner? / No, it has no gearbox.
gloss: A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
pos: noun
examples: The red runner makes the table so festive.
gloss: A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
pos: noun
examples: Why don't we put down a clear runner in the front hall?
gloss: A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
pos: noun
gloss: A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
pos: noun
gloss: A speedrunner.
pos: noun
gloss: An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
pos: noun
examples: This idea isn't a runner. Let's not waste any more time on it.
gloss: A running gag.
pos: noun
examples: Don’t Look Up jabs around omnidirectionally, and some of the most gleefully ridiculous jokes land: There’s an inspired runner about an increasingly scandal-plagued Supreme Court nominee, for example, and another in which politicians and voters alike absurdly declare their allegiance to “the jobs the comet will bring.”
The fairy-tale promise of love and intimacy became a runner in Swift’s work as a songwriter, something she’d repeatedly espouse, then skewer; she was self-aware about the role narrative played in her expectations.
gloss: A streamlet.
pos: noun
examples: A runner, or streamlet, from other woods joined it at this end, and waited in the pool to pass through the grating to the mills.
gloss: A boat for transporting fish, oysters, etc.
pos: noun
Derived words: base runner
bed runner
bladerunner
blockade runner
blue runner
bookrunner
brushrunner
bull runner
circle runner
cloudrunner
conrunner
designated runner
do a runner
dope-runner
drug runner
endless runner
fell runner
footrunner
forerunner
fore-runner
free runner
front runner
frontrunner
front-runner
gag runner
ghost runner
hit-and-runner
Indian Runner
infinite runner
invisible runner
jayrunner
kite runner
logrunner
midnight runner
non-runner
nonrunner
parkrunner
pier runner
pinch runner
plug the runner
racerunner
rainbow runner
rat runner
ridge-runner
river runner
river-runner
roadrunner
rockrunner
rope runner
route runner
rumrunner
rum-runner
rum runner
runner bean
runnerless
runner poison
runner-runner
runners and riders
runner's knee
runner stone
runner up
runner-up
sand runner
scarlet runner
showrunner
soak the runner
stonerunner
torch runner
treerunner
tree runner
ultrarunner
underrunner
wave runner
waverunner
wave-runner
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: vrapues
lang: Albanian
word: vrapuese
lang: Amharic
word: ሯጭ
roman: rʷač̣
lang: Arabic
word: عَدَّاء
roman: ʕaddāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: عَدَّاءَة
roman: ʕaddāʔa
lang: Armenian
word: վազորդ
roman: vazord
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qaçıcı
lang: Bashkir
word: йүгереүсе
roman: yügerewse
lang: Belarusian
word: бягу́н
roman: bjahún
lang: Belarusian
word: бягу́нка
roman: bjahúnka
lang: Bulgarian
word: бега́ч
roman: begáč
lang: Bulgarian
word: бега́чка
roman: begáčka
lang: Burmese
word: အပြေးသမား
roman: a.pre:sa.ma:
lang: Catalan
word: corredor
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 跑步者
roman: pǎobùzhě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 跑者
roman: pǎozhě
lang: Czech
word: běžec
lang: Czech
word: běžkyně
lang: Danish
word: løber
lang: Dutch
word: renner
lang: Estonian
word: jooksja
lang: Finnish
word: juoksija
lang: French
word: coureur
lang: French
word: coureuse
lang: Galician
word: corredor
lang: Georgian
word: მორბენალი
roman: morbenali
lang: German
word: Läufer
lang: German
word: Läuferin
lang: Greek
word: δρομέας
roman: droméas
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δρομεύς
roman: dromeús
lang: Hebrew
word: אָצָן
roman: atsán
lang: Hindi
word: धावक
roman: dhāvak
lang: Hindi
word: रनर
roman: ranar
lang: Hungarian
word: futó
lang: Icelandic
word: hlaupari
lang: Italian
word: podista
lang: Italian
word: corridore
lang: Italian
word: corritrice
lang: Japanese
word: 走者
roman: sōsha
lang: Japanese
word: ランナー
roman: rannā
lang: Kazakh
word: жүгіруші
roman: jügıruşı
lang: Kazakh
word: желаяқ
roman: jelaäq
lang: Khmer
word: អ្នករត់ប្រណាំង
roman: nĕək rŭət prɑɑnang
lang: Korean
word: 주자
roman: juja
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bezvan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жөө күлүк
roman: jöö külük
lang: Lao
word: ນັກແລ່ນ
roman: nak lǣn
lang: Latin
word: cursor
lang: Latvian
word: skrējējs
lang: Latvian
word: skrējēja
lang: Lithuanian
word: bėgikas
lang: Lithuanian
word: bėgikė
lang: Macedonian
word: тркач
roman: trkač
lang: Macedonian
word: тркачка
roman: trkačka
lang: Māori
word: waetea
lang: Māori
word: kaiomaoma
lang: Marathi
word: धावक
roman: dhāvak
lang: Marathi
word: धावणारा
roman: dhāvṇārā
lang: Marathi
word: धावणारी
roman: dhāvṇārī
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løper
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: laupar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løpar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løypar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: springar
lang: Old English
word: rynel
lang: Persian
word: دَوَندِه
roman: davande
lang: Polish
word: biegacz
lang: Polish
word: biegaczka
lang: Portuguese
word: corredor
lang: Portuguese
word: corredora
lang: Romagnol
word: curidôr
lang: Romanian
word: alergător
lang: Romanian
word: alergătoare
lang: Russian
word: бегу́н
roman: begún
lang: Russian
word: бегу́нья
roman: begúnʹja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тр̀ка̄ч
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: трка̀чица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tr̀kāč
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trkàčica
lang: Slovak
word: bežec
lang: Slovak
word: bežkyňa
lang: Slovene
word: tekač
lang: Slovene
word: tekačica
lang: Spanish
word: corredor
lang: Spanish
word: corredora
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lang: Tajik
word: даванда
roman: davanda
lang: Tatar
word: йөгерешче
roman: yögereşçe
lang: Thai
word: นักวิ่ง
roman: nák-wîng
lang: Turkish
word: koşucu
lang: Turkmen
word: ylgaýjy
lang: Turkmen
word: ylgawçy
lang: Ukrainian
word: бігу́н
roman: bihún
lang: Ukrainian
word: бігу́нка
roman: bihúnka
lang: Urdu
word: رَنَر
roman: ranar
lang: Uyghur
word: يۈگۈرگۈچى
roman: yügürgüchi
lang: Uzbek
word: yuguruvchi
lang: Vietnamese
word: người chạy
lang: Yiddish
word: לויפֿער
roman: loyfer
lang: Bulgarian
word: махови́к
roman: mahovík
lang: Finnish
word: liukukisko
lang: Finnish
word: liukupinta
lang: Finnish
word: jalas
lang: Finnish
word: terä
lang: Finnish
word: kanava
lang: French
word: coulisse
lang: French
word: glissière
lang: German
word: Kufe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løper
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: laupar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løpar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: løypar
lang: Russian
word: по́лоз
roman: póloz
lang: Russian
word: доро́жка
roman: doróžka