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runner
English
Etymology
From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run +? -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Compare Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner; messenger; courier”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???n?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???n?/
- Rhymes: -?n?(?)
- Hyphenation: run?ner
Noun
runner (plural runners)
- Agent noun of run; one who runs.
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.
- Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
- 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.
- Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
- 1998 June 12th, Daniel Jonathan Kirk (username), tipping competitions, in aus.legal, Usenet:
- […] 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.
- 1998 June 12th, Daniel Jonathan Kirk (username), tipping competitions, in aus.legal, Usenet:
- A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
- 1992, Hamendar Bhisham Pal, The Plunder of Art (page 75)
- The modus operandi used by the idol and antique runners is to order consignments of fakes.
- 1992, Hamendar Bhisham Pal, The Plunder of Art (page 75)
- (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
- (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
- The runner was out at second.
- (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
- Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, roper, steerer
- A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
- (slang, usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.
- He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.
- One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
- A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
- Synonyms: sneaker, trainer
- Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
- 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.
- A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
- A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
- The blade of an ice skate.
- The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
- Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
- The curved base of a rocking chair.
- Synonym: rocker
- In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
- In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
- The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
- The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
- (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
- 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.
- A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
- The red runner makes the table so festive.
- 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.
- (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
- (botany) 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.
- (climbing) 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.
- (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
- A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
- A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
- (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
- Freeman, Mike (February 25, 2012) , “Runners' world: Union boss Smith's noble idea likely stuck at the start”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?[1], CBSSports.com, retrieved March 19, 2014
- 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.
- Freeman, Mike (February 25, 2012) , “Runners' world: Union boss Smith's noble idea likely stuck at the start”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?[1], CBSSports.com, retrieved March 19, 2014
- (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
- (video games) A speedrunner.
- 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.
- (US, dated) A trusty (prisoner granted special privileges).
- 1959, Frederick S. Baldi, My Unwelcome Guests (page 25)
- 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.
- 1959, Frederick S. Baldi, My Unwelcome Guests (page 25)
Synonyms
- (climbing, a short sling): quick-draw, extender
Derived terms
Translations
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English runner.
Noun
runner m or f (invariable)
- runner (person who runs)
- Synonym: corridore
Noun
runner m (invariable)
- runner (strip of fabric)
- Synonym: tovaglia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English runner.
Noun
runner m or f (plural runners or runner)
- runner (person who runs)
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sarment
English
Etymology
Latin sarmentum (“a twig”).
Noun
sarment (plural sarments)
- (botany) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry.
Related terms
- sarmentose
Anagrams
- Arments, artsmen, martens, raments, smarten, starmen
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin sarmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /s???ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /s?r?men/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /sa??ment/
Noun
sarment m (plural sarments)
- shoot, vine
- Synonym: redorta
Derived terms
- sarmentós
Further reading
- “sarment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin sarmentum
Noun
sarment m (plural sarments)
- vine, shoot, tendril
Further reading
- “sarment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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