"runner" in the noun sense
1. smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
someone who imports or exports without paying duties
2. runner
someone who travels on foot by running
3. runner
a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
"he sent a runner over with the contract"
4. base runner, runner
a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
5. stolon, runner, offset
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
6. runner
a trained athlete who competes in foot races
7. ball carrier, runner
football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
8. runner
a long narrow carpet
9. runner
device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
10. runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos
fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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