runt Definition
runt (runt)
noun
- a stunted, undersized, or dwarfish animal, plant, thing, or (usually in a contemptuous sense) person
- the smallest animal of a litter
Etymology: < ?
runt Related Forms
runt′i·ness noun
runt′y adjective runt′i·er, runt′i·est
runt Synonyms
runt
n.
A dwarf
pygmy, mannikin, midget, scrub, homunculus; see also midget.A mediocrity
whippersnapper, nonentity, punk*; see nobody 2.
runt Telecom Definition
An unintentionally truncated frame or packet. A runt is either malformed or errored in transit and must be ignored if received.
runt Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- litter: She wasn't expected to live being the runt of the litter.
- man: He was a runt of a man with a nasal whine that could drive anyone to distraction.
Converse of object
- call: The smallest one of the litter was called the runt.
- look: It makes our UK think-tanks look the runts of the litter.
Adjective modifier
- little: He was a little runt who probably got picked on at school, nobody liked him.
- skinny: I was suspicious of the skinny little runt for the outset.
- fat: I find it strange the way Morgan Webster, the fat little runt they have the sense of humor to call a singer.
- irrelevant: Or will he simply ignore the pleas of the man recently branded an " irrelevant runt " ?
- small: I should also mention that there were 17 of them including one extremely small runt.
Modifies a noun
pig: The muscles of runt pigs are smaller than those of their more successful littermates.
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