What does runt mean?
Definitions for runt
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Princeton's WordNet
runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pintnoun
disparaging terms for small people
Wiktionary
runtnoun
The smallest animal of a litter.
runtnoun
Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
runtnoun
An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
runtnoun
A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
runtnoun
A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
runtnoun
A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Runtnoun
Any animal small below the natural growth of the kind.
Etymology: runte, in the Teutonick dialects, signifies a bull or cow, and is used in contempt by us for small cattle; as kefyl, the Welsh term for a horse, is used for a worthless horse.
Reforming Tweed
Hath sent us runts even of her church’s breed. John Cleveland.Of tame pigeons, are cropers, carriers, and runts. Izaak Walton.
This overgrown runt has struck off his heels, lowered his foretop, and contracted his figure. Addison.
Wikipedia
runt
RUNT Linux is an acronym for ResNet USB Network Tester. It is one of many Linux distributions designed to run from a USB flash drive. RUNT is based on Slackware's bare kernel. It was originally designed as a network tool for students at North Carolina State University. It consists of a boot floppy image and a zip file, similar to zipslack. It is intended to be a fairly complete Linux installation for use as a testing tool capable of booting on any x86 computer with a USB port and a bootable floppy.
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runt
A runt is a term usually used to refer to the smallest or weakest member of a litter of animals, particularly mammals like dogs, cats, or pigs. This term can also be used disparagingly to refer to a small, weak, or underdeveloped person or thing.
Webster Dictionary
Runtadjective
any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals
Runtadjective
a variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier
Runtadjective
a dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously
Runtadjective
the dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant
Etymology: [Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf. Rother, a.]
Wikidata
Runt
Runt is the self-titled debut of the band Runt, first released in 1970 on the Ampex Records label. Many regard the album as Todd Rundgren's debut solo album, as all later reissues credit the album to Todd Rundgren rather than to Runt. At the initial time of release, however, Runt was identified as a trio consisting of Rundgren, Hunt Sales, and Tony Sales. The entire album was written and produced by Rundgren. Initially dividing critics upon its release, the record runs the gamut from blues-styled guitar workouts to power pop to Laura Nyro-styled piano pop to rock 'n' roll to piano ballads, as well as including more experimental numbers. Upon its release in June 1970 the album was issued with 10 tracks. After "We Gotta Get You a Woman" became a hit single, Ampex decided to press more copies of the LP in November 1970 to keep up with demand. A rejected 12-track master of the LP was accidentally sent to the pressing plant resulting in approximately 5,000 mis-presses. Instead of throwing out the LPs, Ampex decided to sell them anyway, unmarked, as a sort of surprise to the purchaser. This album as well as Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren were issued in 1971 on the Bearsville label, being distributed by Ampex at the time. In mid-1971 Bearsville was purchased by Warner Bros. distribution, and plans were made to re-release both albums in 1973 as a "twin pack" entitled Todd Rundgren's Rack Job. The album got as far as test presses and album art but was shelved, as Rundgren wanted to release an album of new material instead.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Runt
runt, n. a young ox or cow: an undersized animal: a dwarf: a bow: a breed of domestic pigeons: the dead stump of a tree: the stem of a cabbage.—adj. Runt′y.
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Anagrams for runt »
turn
trun
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of runt in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of runt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of runt in a Sentence
When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I’d like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825, and we would have a duel, that’s how angry I am, and I would not put my gun in the air, I guarantee you, I would not be (Alexander) Hamilton. I would point it right between his eyes, because he is a snot-nosed little runt and he has not done a damn thing since he’s been in this Legislature to help move the state forward.
It was always a pleasure to see him bounding towards you, i still can barely believe that he was the runt of the litter.
And we would have a duel, that’s how angry I am, and I would not put my gun in the air, I guarantee you, I would not be (Alexander) Hamilton. I would point it right between his eyes, because he is a snot-nosed little runt and he has not done a damn thing since he’s been in this Legislature to help move the state forward.
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- قزمArabic
- zakrslíkCzech
- runtDanish
- WichtGerman
- μικρόσωμο Greek
- kuristoEsperanto
- enanoSpanish
- فرارPersian
- pahnanpohjimmainen, rääpäle, pätkä, käppänäFinnish
- avorton, jsakdlvFrench
- runtIrish
- छोटा सा व्यक्तिHindi
- csenevészHungarian
- kataiIndonesian
- nanoItalian
- נַנָסHebrew
- 꼬마Korean
- runtLatin
- krielDutch
- runtNorwegian
- nákʼeeshchąąʼíNavajo, Navaho
- karzełPolish
- tronco de couvePortuguese
- țărănoiRomanian
- последыш, недоростокRussian
- kržljavacSerbo-Croatian
- RuntSwedish
- bücürTurkish
- دوڑناUrdu
- runtVietnamese
- runtYiddish
- 侏儒Chinese
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