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31runner-up — {n.} The person who finishes second in a race or contest; the one next after the winner. * /Tom won the race and Jack was runner up./ * /Joan was runner up in the contest for class secretary./ Compare: SECOND BEST …
32runner — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. one that runs ; racer b. base runner c. ballcarrier 2. a. messenger b. one that smuggles or distributes illicit or contraband goods (as drugs, liquor, or guns) 3. any of …
33runner — noun a) Agent noun of run; somebody who runs. He did a runner after robbing the drugstore b) A quick escape away from a scene. After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle …
34runner — n. one who runs 1) a distance, long distance runner unraveled stitches in a stocking 2) see runI 11 * * * [ rʌnə] long distance runner [ one who rons ] a distance [ unraveled stitches in a stocking ] see ran 111 …
35runner-up — n. a runner up to * * * [ˌrʌnə(r) ʌp] a runner up to …
36runner-up — noun the person who finishes second in a race or contest; the one next after the winner. Tom won the race and Jack was runner up. Joan was runner up in the contest for class secretary. Compare: second best …
37runner-up — runners up N COUNT: oft N to n A runner up is someone who has finished in second place in a race or competition. The ten runners up will receive a case of wine. ...Paul Azinger, the American who was runner up to Faldo at Muirfield in 1987 …
38runner — noun 1》 a person or animal that runs. ↘a horse that runs in a particular race. ↘a messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or similar. ↘an orderly in the army. 2》 a vehicle or machine that runs in a satisfactory or… …
39runner — noun 1) the runners were limbering up Syn: sprinter, hurdler, racer, jogger; athlete 2) a strawberry runner Syn: shoot, offshoot, sprout, tendril; Botany stolon 3) he worked as a runn …
40runner — n 1. racer, sprinter, hurdler; miler, longdistance runner, cross country runner, harrier; track and field man. 2. messenger, messenger boy, courier, dispatch bearer, Brit. commissionaire, Brit. express, Sl. gopher. 3. branch, shoot, offshoot;… …
