Runner
nounid
119739·updated May 18, 2026verified
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
polysemous
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Entity Type
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- ball carrierbase runnerblue runnercontrabandistmoon cursermoon-curseroffsetsmugglerstolon
- plural
- Runners
- possessive
- Runner's
- pluralpossessive
- Runners'
Framework definitions
- §1
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- §2
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- §3
- a long narrow carpet
- §4
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- §5
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- §6
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- §7
- someone who travels on foot by running
- §8
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- §9
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- §10
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
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