runner : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a smuggler of guns
  gunrunner.
  

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• noun a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
  runner.
  

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• noun a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
  

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• noun fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
  runner; Caranx crysos.
  

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• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• noun a competitor thought likely to win
  favourite; favorite.
  

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• (Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.

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• noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
  marathon runner; marathoner; long-distance runner.
  

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• noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
  marathon runner; marathoner; long-distance runner.
  

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• noun very swift lizard of eastern and central United States
  six-lined racerunner; racerunner; Cnemidophorus sexlineatus.
  

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• noun streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish
  Elagatis bipinnulata.
  

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• noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
  marathon runner; marathoner; long-distance runner.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the chaparral cock.

Webster 1913

• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• noun the competitor who finishes second
  second best.
  

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• noun a finish in second place (as in a race)
  second-place finish.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the turnstone.

Webster 1913

• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
  Kennedia prostrata; running postman.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• (Bot.), the scarlet bean.

Webster 1913

• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
  runner bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Dutch case-knife bean; scarlet runner; Phaseolus multiflorus.
  
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
  runner bean; scarlet runner; English runner bean.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the water rail; so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913