| base runner | (n) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base), Syn. runner |
| blockade-runner | (n) a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade |
| front-runner | (n) a competitor thought likely to win, Syn. favourite, favorite |
| gunrunner | (n) a smuggler of guns, Syn. arms-runner |
| racerunner | (n) very swift lizard of eastern and central United States, Syn. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, six-lined racerunner, race runner |
| rainbow runner | (n) streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish, Syn. Elagatis bipinnulata |
| roadrunner | (n) speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas, Syn. chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus |
| rumrunner | (n) someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border |
| runner | (n) someone who travels on foot by running |
| runner | (n) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents |
| runner | (n) a trained athlete who competes in foot races |
| runner | (n) a long narrow carpet |
| runner | (n) device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along |
| runner | (n) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil, Syn. Caranx crysos, blue runner |
| runner-up | (n) the competitor who finishes second, Syn. second best |
| scarlet runner | (n) tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain, Syn. scarlet runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean |
| scarlet runner | (n) hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers, Syn. running postman, Kennedia prostrata |
| scarlet runner | (n) long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain, Syn. English runner bean, scarlet runner bean, runner bean |
| antecedent | (n) anything that precedes something similar in time, Syn. forerunner |
| ball carrier | (n) (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play, Syn. runner |
| harbinger | (n) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone, Syn. herald, predecessor, forerunner, precursor |
| marathoner | (n) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons), Syn. long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
| precursor | (n) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another, Syn. forerunner |
| second-place finish | (n) a finish in second place (as in a race), Syn. runner-up finish |
| smuggler | (n) someone who imports or exports without paying duties, Syn. moon curser, moon-curser, contrabandist, runner |
| stolon | (n) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips, Syn. offset, runner |
| Forerunner | n. 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. [ 1913 Webster ] Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ] My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| front-runner | n. a competitor thought to be most likely to win.
Syn. -- favorite, favourite. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Marcobrunner | ‖n. [ G. Marcobrunner. ] A celebrated Rhine wine. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Outrunner | n. An offshoot; a branch. [ R. ] “Some outrunner of the river.” Lauson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Overrunner | n. One that overruns. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Runner | n. [ From Run. ] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A detective. [ Slang, Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A messenger. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A smuggler. [ Colloq. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [ Cant, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones. [ 1913 Webster ] 8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ] 9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice. [ 1913 Webster ] 10. (Founding) (a) 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. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed. [ 1913 Webster ] 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. [ 1913 Webster ] 12. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 13. (Zool.) Any cursorial bird. [ 1913 Webster ] 14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Scratch runner | { etc. } One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Scratch player |
| Stonerunner | n. (Zool.) (a) The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel. [ Prov. Eng. ] (b) The dotterel. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 亚军 | [yà jūn, ㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄣ, 亚 军 / 亞 軍] second place (in a sports contest); runner-up #4,564 [Add to Longdo] |
| 出局 | [chū jú, ㄔㄨ ㄐㄩˊ, 出 局] to send off (player for a foul); to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament); to eliminate; to call out; to kill off; to pull out of (a competition); to retire (a runner in baseball); out (i.e. man out in baseball) #9,932 [Add to Longdo] |
| 前身 | [qián shēn, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ, 前 身] forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front #14,171 [Add to Longdo] |
| 银牌 | [yín pái, ㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄞˊ, 银 牌 / 銀 牌] silver medal; silver trophy; the runner-up #14,522 [Add to Longdo] |
| 先导 | [xiān dǎo, ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ, 先 导 / 先 導] guide; forerunner; pioneer #22,253 [Add to Longdo] |
| 先行者 | [xiān xíng zhě, ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄜˇ, 先 行 者] forerunner #30,985 [Add to Longdo] |
| 蝈蝈 | [guō guō, ㄍㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄛ, 蝈 蝈 / 蟈 蟈] Gampsocleis gratiosa Brunner (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), kept as singing pets #37,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 孙坚 | [Sūn Jiān, ㄙㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄢ, 孙 坚 / 孫 堅] Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms #43,396 [Add to Longdo] |
| 根茎 | [gēn jīng, ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄥ, 根 茎 / 根 莖] stolon; runner; rhizome; rhizoma #53,413 [Add to Longdo] |
| 银质奖 | [yín zhì jiǎng, ㄧㄣˊ ㄓˋ ㄐㄧㄤˇ, 银 质 奖 / 銀 質 獎] silver medal; runner-up #89,984 [Add to Longdo] |
| 马前卒 | [mǎ qián zú, ㄇㄚˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗㄨˊ, 马 前 卒 / 馬 前 卒] lackey; errand boy; lit. runner before a carriage #91,505 [Add to Longdo] |
| 殿军 | [diàn jūn, ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ, 殿 军 / 殿 軍] runner-up #110,739 [Add to Longdo] |
| 跑步者 | [pǎo bù zhě, ㄆㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄜˇ, 跑 步 者] runner #126,591 [Add to Longdo] |
| 跑垒员 | [pǎo lěi yuán, ㄆㄠˇ ㄌㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ, 跑 垒 员 / 跑 壘 員] runner (in baseball) #207,142 [Add to Longdo] |
| 皁 | [zào, ㄗㄠˋ, 皁] black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them #326,534 [Add to Longdo] |
| 蝈蝈儿 | [guō guō r, ㄍㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄦ˙, 蝈 蝈 儿 / 蟈 蟈 兒] Gampsocleis gratiosa Brunner (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), kept as singing pets [Add to Longdo] |
| 辅仁大学 | [Fǔ rén dà xué, ㄈㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, 辅 仁 大 学 / 輔 仁 大 學] Furen Catholic university of Beijing (from 1925), a forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京師範大學|北京师范大学; Fujen Catholic University in Hsinchuang, Taipei [Add to Longdo] |
| 长跑运动员 | [cháng pǎo yùn dòng yuán, ㄔㄤˊ ㄆㄠˇ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ, 长 跑 运 动 员 / 長 跑 運 動 員] long distance runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 先発 | [せんぱつ, senpatsu] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead; (2) being in a (team sports) match or game from the start; starting; (P) #3,391 [Add to Longdo] |
| ころ | [koro] (n) (obsc) (See ころコンベヤ, ころ軸受け) roller; runner; dried whale blubber #3,392 [Add to Longdo] |
| ランナー | [ranna-] (n) runner; (P) #9,481 [Add to Longdo] |
| 先駆け(P);魁 | [さきがけ, sakigake] (n, vs) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger; (P) #10,984 [Add to Longdo] |
| 先駆 | [せんく, senku] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) forerunner; pioneer; precursor; (2) herald; (3) (See 前駆) outrider; pilot car; (P) #11,519 [Add to Longdo] |
| 走者 | [そうしゃ, sousha] (n) runner; (P) #15,542 [Add to Longdo] |
| 次点 | [じてん, jiten] (n) runner-up; (P) #18,605 [Add to Longdo] |
| トップランナー | [toppuranna-] (n) top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance) [Add to Longdo] |
| ピンチランナー | [pinchiranna-] (n) pinch runner [Add to Longdo] |
| ランナーズハイ | [ranna-zuhai] (n) runner's high [Add to Longdo] |
| 逸足 | [いっそく, issoku] (n) fast runner; excellence [Add to Longdo] |
| 花豆 | [はなまめ, hanamame] (n) (1) scarlet runner bean; (2) flower bean [Add to Longdo] |
| 脚がある;足がある | [あしがある, ashigaaru] (exp) to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 脚質 | [きゃくしつ, kyakushitsu] (n) running style (of a horse, e.g. a front runner) [Add to Longdo] |
| 牽制球;けんせい球 | [けんせいきゅう, kenseikyuu] (n) throw to check a runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 刺す | [さす, sasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust; (2) (See 螫す) to sting; to bite; (3) to sew; to stitch; to embroider; (4) (See 差す・11) to pole (a boat); (5) to catch (with a limed pole); (6) (in baseball) to put (a runner) out; to pick off; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 次席 | [じせき, jiseki] (n, adj-no) associate; junior; assistant; runner-up; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 次点者 | [じてんしゃ, jitensha] (n) runner-up [Add to Longdo] |
| 首魁 | [しゅかい, shukai] (n) forerunner; ringleader [Add to Longdo] |
| 俊足(P);駿足 | [しゅんそく, shunsoku] (n, adj-no) (1) swift horse; fleet steed; fast runner; (2) talented person; brilliant person; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 準優勝 | [じゅんゆうしょう, junyuushou] (n) runner-up for the tournament title (sumo) [Add to Longdo] |
| 錘鰤 | [つむぶり;ツムブリ, tsumuburi ; tsumuburi] (n) (uk) rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata); rainbow yellowtail; Spanish jack; Hawaiian salmon [Add to Longdo] |
| 先駆者 | [せんくしゃ, senkusha] (n) pioneer; trailblazer; groundbreaker; pathfinder; herald; forerunner [Add to Longdo] |
| 先行馬 | [せんこうば, senkouba] (n) front runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 先払い | [さきばらい, sakibarai] (n, vs) advance payment; payment on delivery; forerunner [Add to Longdo] |
| 前駆 | [ぜんく;せんぐ(ok);ぜんぐ(ok), zenku ; sengu (ok); zengu (ok)] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; (2) harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken; (3) anticipation [Add to Longdo] |
| 走り使い | [はしりづかい, hashiridukai] (n) errand runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 走禽類 | [そうきんるい, soukinrui] (n) cursorial birds; runners [Add to Longdo] |
| 代走 | [だいそう, daisou] (n) substitute runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 長距離走者 | [ちょうきょりそうしゃ, choukyorisousha] (n) long-distance runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 伝令 | [でんれい, denrei] (n) messenger; orderly; runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 逃げ馬;逃馬 | [にげうま, nigeuma] (n) front-runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 道走 | [みちばしり;ミチバシリ, michibashiri ; michibashiri] (n) (uk) roadrunner [Add to Longdo] |
| 得点圏 | [とくてんけん, tokutenken] (n) scoring position, with runners on second and-or third base (baseball) [Add to Longdo] |
| 二着 | [にちゃく, nichaku] (n) runner-up; second (in a race) [Add to Longdo] |
| 二番 | [にばん, niban] (n) second; number two; runner-up; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 売人 | [ばいにん, bainin] (n) trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 蔓 | [つる, tsuru] (n) (uk) shoots which grow in a helix around a support and climb with tendrils or suckers as opposed to vines; esp. hops, bindweed, runner bean, French bean and honeysuckles [Add to Longdo] |
| 有力候補 | [ゆうりょくこうほ, yuuryokukouho] (n) major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner [Add to Longdo] |
| 絨毯(P);絨緞(P);絨氈(iK) | [じゅうたん, juutan] (n) (uk) carpet; rug; runner; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 韋駄天 | [いだてん, idaten] (n) (1) { Buddh } Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); (2) great runner [Add to Longdo] |
