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runner Definition

run·ner (runər)

noun

  1. a person, animal, or thing that runs; specif.,
    1. a racer
    2. Baseball base runner
    3. Football a player running with the ball
  2. a person who runs errands, carries messages, etc., as for a bank or brokerage house
  3. a smuggler
  4. a person who operates or manages something, as a machine
    1. a long, narrow, decorative cloth for the top of a table, chest of drawers, etc.
    2. a long, narrow rug, as for a hall or corridor
  5. a long ravel, as in hose; run
    1. a long, slender, horizontal trailing stem that puts out roots along or just below the ground at its tip or its nodes, thus producing new plants; stolon
    2. any plant that spreads in this way, as the strawberry
  6. any of various twining plants the scarlet runner
  7. something on or in which something else moves, as a sliding part in machinery or the support along which a sliding door moves
  8. ☆ either of the long, narrow pieces of metal or wood on which a sled or sleigh slides
  9. ☆ the blade of a skate
  10. a ring, loop, etc. that can slide along a strap, rod, etc., often one to which another part or parts can be attached
  11. Metallurgy a channel through which molten metal is poured into a mold; gate
  12. Zool. any of various edible jack fishes of warm seas, as a bluish species (Caranx crysos) and a striped bluish species (Elagatis bipinnulata)

Etymology: ME renner

runner Synonyms

runner

n.

  1. One who runs

    racer, entrant, contestant, sprinter, distance runner, long distance runner, marathoner, middle distance runner, 220-man*, dasher, cross-country runner, jogger, trackman, hurdler, messenger, courier, postrider, post, express, dispatch bearer, cinder man*, cinder artist*, century man*; see also athlete.

  2. A vine

    tendril, branch, offshoot; see vine.

runner Finance Definition
A person employed by a futures trading company who delivers price orders to the floor broker in the pit and then returns the completed order to the desk where the order completion is verbally confirmed and entered into the computer system.
runner Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • peg: Climb the wall just right of the thin crack past a peg runner.
  • finish: Despite not losing a game in the group stages Furley Park finished runners up in their group.
  • beat: He scored 14pts to beat runner up Eric Broadbelt ( 12 ) and third was Vic Harding ( 12 ).
  • declare: Place market terms are shown below and are based on declared runners and not actual runners.

Adjective modifier

  • Kenyan: The Kenyan runners acknowledged Mottram's effort by all rushing to console him and invite him to share a lap of honor.
  • long-distance: Mr Zanelli lives and works as a private financial advisor in his hometown and is an inveterate long-distance runner.
  • fell: Now I know what they say about these fell runners is true.
  • cross-country: Already a Blues cross-country runner, Claire will doubtless be a key player in this summer ' s Varsity campaign.
  • middle-distance: A chronic asthma sufferer, he became a respected middle-distance runner.
  • 400m: This would be great for the 400m runner, who has few concerns about aerobic capacity and lactate threshold.

Modifies a noun

  • bean: The only veg not enjoying the weather are the runner beans - they need a little more heat to get going.

Noun used with modifier

  • marathon: There is already a team of marathon runners in place.
  • endurance: Even the endurance runners expressed an improved feeling of ' strength ' .
  • fore: This became the fore runner of the hack used in the modern game.
  • distance: This seems to be a treat reserved for the distance runner - endurance cyclists don't suffer.
  • blockade: Ships were bought and sold or purposely built as blockade runners.
  • mileage: Cushioning, 5 out of 5, very well cushioned shoe for the high mileage runner.

Possessives

  • bookie: Kay forces Tracey to hand over some of the money to her, and enlists Linda as her bookie's runner.

Preposition: up

  • prise: There will also be 3 runners up prizes of pairs of tickets for brewery visits.
  • spot: Callum settled for the runners up spot having had a grassy moment on the final lap.
runner Quotes

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. Nay, it is obvious that when a man runs the wrong way, the more active and swift he is the further he will go astray.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

—Sillitoe, Alan

Browse dictionary entries near runner

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  9. Rundi
  10. runcinate
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