RUNNER

runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos

(noun) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

runner

(noun) device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

runner

(noun) a long narrow carpet

runner

(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”

runner

(noun) someone who travels on foot by running

runner

(noun) a trained athlete who competes in foot races

smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser

(noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties

stolon, runner, offset

(noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

runner (plural runners)

Agent noun of run.; one who runs.

A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.

Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.

Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).

A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).

(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.

(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

(slang, usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.

A deserter.

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.

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.

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.

A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.

A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.

(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.

(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.

Synonyms

• (climbing, a short sling): quick-draw, extender

Proper noun

Runner (plural Runners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Runner is the 17014^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1670 individuals. Runner is most common among White (83.95%) and Black/African American (10.06%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Run"ner, n. Etym: [From Run.]

1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

3. A messenger. Swift.

4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] R. North.

5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]

6. (Bot.)

Definition: A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

8. (Naut.)

Definition: A rope through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle. Totten.

9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.

10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.

11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

12. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

13. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any cursorial bird.

14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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