Definition of runner in English

WordNet

Noun Plural: runners
runner - a trained athlete who competes in foot races
		athlete, jock a person trained to compete in sports
		long-distance runner, marathon runner, marathoner, road runner someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
		miler a runner in a one-mile race
runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
		device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
		sled, sleigh, sledge a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
		blade the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
runner - someone who travels on foot by running
		traveler, traveller a person who changes location
runner - fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
		blue runner, Caranx crysos
runner - a long narrow carpet
runner - a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
runner - someone who imports or exports without paying duties
		smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
		criminal, malefactor, outlaw, felon, crook someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
		coyote small wolf native to western North America
		arms-runner, gunrunner a smuggler of guns
runner - (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
		ball carrier
		football player, footballer an athlete who plays American football
		football game, football any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
		forward passer, passer type genus of the Passeridae
runner - a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
		base runner
		ballplayer, baseball player an athlete who plays baseball
runner - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
		stolon, offset

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Wiktionary

runner (Noun)
agent Agent noun of run; somebody who runs.
runner (Noun)
Somebody who moves at a fast pace.
runner (Noun)
The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.
runner (Noun)
Somebody who controls or manages e. g. a system.
runner (Noun)
1998 June 12th, Daniel Jonathan Kirk username, tipping competitions, in aus. legal, Usenet.
runner (Noun)
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.
runner (Noun)
A quick escape away from a scene.
runner (Noun)
A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.
runner (Noun)
A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
runner (Noun)
A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
runner (Noun)
A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
runner (Noun)
A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
runner (Noun)
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.
runner (Noun)
A player who runs the bases.
runner (Noun)
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.
runner (Noun)
A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
runner (Noun)
A long stolon sent out by a plant such as strawberry, in order to root new plantlets.
runner (Noun)
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.
runner (Noun)
A competitor in a poker tournament.
runner (Noun)
A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
runner (Noun)
A leaping food fish Elagatis pinnulatis of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

runner (n.)
One who, or that which, runs; a racer.
runner (n.)
A detective.
runner (n.)
A messenger.
runner (n.)
A smuggler.
runner (n.)
One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.
runner (n.)
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.
runner (n.)
The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
runner (n.)
A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
runner (n.)
One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
runner (n.)
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.
runner (n.)
A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
runner (n.)
The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
runner (n.)
A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.
runner (n.)
Any cursorial bird.
runner (n.)
A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
runner (n.)
A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

runner
A man who imports or exports without paying the lawful customs charges or duties.
runner
A woman who imports or exports without paying the lawful customs charges or duties.
runner
(Baseball, softball) A player who is on base.
runner
Someone who imports or exports without paying the lawful customs charges or duties.
runner
Someone who travels on foot by running.
runner
A trained athlete who competes in foot races.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

runner
itague, a thick rope used to increase the mechanical powers of a tackle. See that article.
The runner a, fig. 10. plate VIII. passes through a large hook-block, as c, and has usually a hook b attached to one of its ends, and one of the tackle-blocks to the other; and in applying it, the hook, as well as the lower block of the corresponding tackle, is fixed to the object intended to be removed.