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Noun: runner  rú-nu(r)
  1. A trained athlete who competes in foot races
    "The marathon runner crossed the finish line after 26.2 miles"
     
  2. Someone who travels on foot by running
    "The runner jogged through the park every morning"
     
  3. A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
    "he sent a runner over with the contract"
     
  4. (baseball) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
    "The base runner stole second on the next pitch";
    - base runner
     
  5. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
    "The linebacker tackled the runner before he could reach the end zone";
    - ball carrier
     
  6. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
    "Strawberry plants spread by producing runners";
    - stolon, offset
     
  7. A long narrow carpet
    "They rolled out a red runner for the visiting dignitaries"
     
  8. Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
    "The drawer's runners needed lubrication to slide smoothly"
     
  9. Someone who imports or exports without paying duties
    "The runner was caught trying to bring illegal goods across the border";
    - smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
     
  10. Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
    "Blue runners often gather around offshore oil platforms";
    - blue runner, Caranx crysos
     
  11. [Austral, NZ, Ireland] A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
    "He wore comfortable runners for his daily jog";
    - gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe, trainer [Brit], takkie [Ireland, S.Africa, informal], tackie [Ireland, S.Africa, informal], sneak [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: runners

Type of: athlete, ballplayer, baseball player, carpet, carpeting, courier, crim [Brit, informal], criminal, crook [informal], device, felon, football player [N. Amer], footballer [N. Amer], jack, jock [N. Amer, informal], malefactor [formal], messenger, outlaw, plant organ, rug, shoe, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: sled [N. Amer], sledge, sleigh

Encyclopedia: Runner, Runner