Definitions for runner

Overview of noun runner

The noun runner has 10 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (3) smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser

(someone who imports or exports without paying duties)

2. (1) runner

(someone who travels on foot by running)

3. (1) runner

(a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract")

4. (1) 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)