runner

Etymology
From, , , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Displaced earlier 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬 (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”).

Noun

 * 1) ; one who runs.
 * 2) A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
 * 3) Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
 * 4)  A competitor in a poker tournament.
 * 5) Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
 * 6) A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. ).
 * 7)  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.
 * 8)  A baserunner.
 * 9)  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.
 * 10) Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
 * 11) A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
 * 12)  A trusty prisoner granted special privileges.
 * 13)  An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
 * This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: runners. Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.
 * 1) A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
 * 2) One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
 * 3)   An assistant.
 * 4)  A quick escape away from a scene.
 * 5)  A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
 * 6) Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
 * 7) A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
 * 8)  A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
 * 9) A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
 * 10) The blade of an ice skate.
 * 11) The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
 * 12) Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
 * 13) The curved base of a rocking chair.
 * 14) In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
 * 15) In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
 * 16) The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
 * 17) The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
 * 18) A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
 * 19)  An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
 * 20) A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
 * 21) A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
 * 22)  A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
 * 23)  A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
 * 24)  A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
 * 25) A leaping food fish  of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
 * 26)  A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
 * 27)  A.
 * 28) An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
 * 29) A running gag.
 * 1) In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
 * 2) In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
 * 3) The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
 * 4) The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
 * 5) A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
 * 6)  An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
 * 7) A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
 * 8) A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
 * 9)  A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
 * 10)  A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
 * 11)  A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
 * 12) A leaping food fish  of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
 * 13)  A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
 * 14)  A.
 * 15) An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
 * 16) A running gag.
 * 1)  A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
 * 2)  A.
 * 3) An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
 * 4) A running gag.
 * 1) A running gag.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: عَدَّاء, عَدَّاءَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qaçıcı
 * Bashkir: йүгереүсе
 * Belarusian:, бягу́нка
 * Bulgarian: бега́ч, бега́чка
 * Burmese: အပြေးသမား
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: jooksja
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მორბენალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δρομεύς
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, रनर
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, , corritrice
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: жүгіруші, желаяқ
 * Khmer: អ្នករត់ប្រណាំង
 * Korean: 주자(走者)
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: жөө күлүк
 * Lao: ນັກແລ່ນ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: skrējējs, skrējēja
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: тркач, тркачка
 * Maori: waetea, kaiomaoma
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: laupar, løpar, løypar, springar
 * Old English: rynel
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romagnol: curidôr
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тр̀ка̄ч, трка̀чица
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: bežec, bežkyňa
 * Slovene: tekač, tekačica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: นักวิ่ง
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ylgaýjy, ylgawçy
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: رَنَر
 * Uyghur: يۈگۈرگۈچى
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: người chạy
 * Yiddish: לויפֿער


 * Finnish: ;


 * Finnish: pyörittäjä


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:, , , , ,


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Belarusian: красо́ўка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: кросі́вка


 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: махови́к
 * Finnish: liukukisko ; liukupinta;  ;  ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: laupar, løpar, løypar
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: laupar, løpar, løypar
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, centro de mesa


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: käytävämatto
 * German:
 * Irish: brat reatha
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: laupar, løpar, løypar,


 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: utløper
 * Nynorsk: utlaupar, utløpar, utløypar
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sangansibol

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  person who runs

Noun

 * 1)  strip of fabric

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) runner person who runs