runner

Noun
  1. is a type of: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    subtypes:
    • coyote - someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)
    • arms-runner, gunrunner - a smuggler of guns
    • rumrunner - someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
    same as: contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, smuggler
  2. is a type of: traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
    subtypes: jogger - someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
  3. is a type of: courier, messenger - a person who carries a message
  4. referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball
    same as: base runner
  5. is a type of: plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
    same as: offset, stolon
  6. is a type of: athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports
    subtypes:
  7. referred to in: football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
    is a type of: football player, footballer - an athlete who plays American football
    subtypes:
    • forward passer, passer - (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
    • rusher - (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
    same as: ball carrier
  8. is a type of: carpet, carpeting, rug - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
  9. is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
    subtypes:
    • blade - the part of the skate that slides on the ice
    • ski - narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
    is a part of: sled, sledge, sleigh - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
  10. is a type of: jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
    same as: blue runner, caranx crysos

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