runner
♦ run|ner /r'ʌnər/ (runners)
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A runner is a person who runs, especially for sport or pleasure.
...a marathon runner...
I am a very keen runner and am out training most days.
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The runners in a horse race are the horses taking part.
There are 18 runners in the top race of the day.
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A drug runner or gun runner is someone who illegally takes drugs or guns into a country.
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Someone who is a runner for a particular person or company is employed to take messages, collect money, or do other small tasks for them.
...a bookie's runner.
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Runners are thin strips of wood or metal underneath something which help it to move smoothly.
...the runners of his sled.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone does a runner, they leave a place in a hurry, for example in order to escape arrest or to avoid paying for something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
At this point, the accountant did a runner-with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
= do a bunkrun|ner bean (runner beans)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Runner beans are long green beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They grow on a tall climbing plant and are the cases that contain the seeds of the plant. (BRIT; in AM, use pole beans, scarlet runners)
= French bean
1 [N-COUNT]
A runner is a person who runs, especially for sport or pleasure.
...a marathon runner...
I am a very keen runner and am out training most days.
2 [N-COUNT]
The runners in a horse race are the horses taking part.
There are 18 runners in the top race of the day.
3 [N-COUNT] n N
A drug runner or gun runner is someone who illegally takes drugs or guns into a country.
4 [N-COUNT]
Someone who is a runner for a particular person or company is employed to take messages, collect money, or do other small tasks for them.
...a bookie's runner.
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Runners are thin strips of wood or metal underneath something which help it to move smoothly.
...the runners of his sled.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone does a runner, they leave a place in a hurry, for example in order to escape arrest or to avoid paying for something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
At this point, the accountant did a runner-with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
= do a bunkrun|ner bean (runner beans)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Runner beans are long green beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They grow on a tall climbing plant and are the cases that contain the seeds of the plant. (BRIT; in AM, use pole beans, scarlet runners)
= French bean