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runt
[ ruhnt ]
noun
- an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- the smallest or weakest of a litter, especially of piglets or puppies.
- a person who is petty and contemptible:
That runt causes most of the trouble at the meetings.
- British Dialect.
- an old or decayed tree stump.
- an old cow or ox.
- an ugly old woman; hag.
runt
/ rʌnt /
noun
- the smallest and weakest young animal in a litter, esp the smallest piglet in a litter
- derogatory.an undersized or inferior person
- a large pigeon, originally bred for eating
Derived Forms
- ˈruntish, adjective
- ˈruntiness, noun
- ˈrunty, adjective
Other Words From
- runtish adjective
- runtish·ly adverb
- runtish·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of runt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of runt1
Example Sentences
No one cared that it was the runt of the solar system, with a moon half its size.
And by military standards and compared with everyone who was around there—he was a runt.
"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
Never since I was a little runt—did I—never cried in thirty years—and here I am-leaking like a pail!
"The darned little greasy-faced runt," he mumbled rebelliously, and immediately felt the better for it.
She had betrayed such a liking for him that the miserable runt of a Little Willie had been jealous.
That troop has a miserable runt of a fice, and he's smart the same as such pups often are.
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