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Runner

nounid 119739·updated May 18, 2026
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(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
ball carrierbase runnerblue runnercontrabandistmoon cursermoon-curseroffsetsmugglerstolon
plural
Runners
possessive
Runner's
pluralpossessive
Runners'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary10 sensesview framework →
§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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