runt

English

Etymology

The OED pronounces this word as "of obscure origin".[1] Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED thinks this unlikely.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

runt (plural runts)

  1. The smallest animal of a litter.
    • 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 168:
      Sometimes, as we have seen, one member of a litter is a runt, much smaller than the rest. He is unable to fight for food as strongly as the rest, and runts often die. We have considered the conditions under which it would actually pay a mother to let a runt die.
  2. (by extension) The smallest child in the family.
    the runt of the family
  3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
    Synonym: dwarf
  4. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
  5. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
  6. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
  7. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
    • Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. “runt” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Verb

runt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of runnen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of runnen

Anagrams

Faroese

Adjective

runt n, rundur m, rund f

  1. round

Declension
rundur a7
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) rundur rund runt
Accusative (hvønnfall) rundan runda
Dative (hvørjumfall) rundum rundari rundum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (runds) (rundar/
rundrar)		 (runds)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) rundir rundar rund
Accusative (hvønnfall) rundar
Dative (hvørjumfall) rundum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (runda
rundra)

Adverb

runt

  1. around

Old French

Adjective

runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)

  1. Alternative form of reont

Declension
Declension of runt
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject runz, runs, runts runde runt
Oblique runt runde runt
Plural Subject runt rundes runt
Oblique runz, runs, runts rundes runt

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Adjective

runt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of rund.

Adverb

runt

  1. around; aimlessly (about movement)
    gå runt
    walk around
  2. around; at random locations
  3. around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation

See also

Preposition

runt

  1. around; denoting a full circle
  2. around; following a path which curves near an object
  3. around (a corner)
  4. around, near (about time)
    Jag kommer runt tre.
    I'll come around three o'clock.
  5. about; all round

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • runt om
  • runt omkring
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