Runner

Noun

 * 1) Agent noun of run; somebody who runs.
 * 2)  A quick escape away from a scene.
 * He did a runner after robbing the drugstore
 * 1) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
 * 2) A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
 * The red runner makes the table so festive.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A player who runs the bases.
 * 3)  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.
 * The runner was out at second.
 * 1)  A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
 * 2)  A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.
 * 3)  A short sling with a karabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
 * 4)  A competitor in a poker tournament.

Synonyms

 * quick-draw, extender

Derived terms

 * forerunner
 * front runner
 * runner bean

Thesaurus
Hermes, Iris, Jehu, Mercury, Paul Revere, Pheidippides, Skimobile, Sno-Cat, agent, appendage, arm, bine, blade, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon, carrier, commissionaire, conductor, contrabandist, courier, creeper, deadwood, diplomatic courier, driver, emissary, engineer, estafette, express, flagellum, flier, fork, frond, functionary, gate, go-between, goer, gofer, gunrunner, hand, handler, hell-driver, horse racer, hummer, hurdler, hustler, imp, ingate, jockey, jogger, joint, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, manipulator, member, message-bearer, messenger, nuncio, offshoot, operant, operative, operator, organ, page, pilot, pinion, post, postboy, postrider, racer, ramage, ramification, rumrunner, sarment, scion, scorcher, shoot, sizzler, sled, sleigh, slip, smuggler, snowmobile, spear, speed demon, speeder, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, sprue, spur, steersman, stem, stepper, stolon, sucker, switch, tail, tedge, tendril, thallus, turfman, twig, weasel, wing

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