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RUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does runt mean?
• RUNT (noun)
The noun RUNT has 1 sense:
1. disparaging terms for small people
Familiarity information: RUNT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disparaging terms for small people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
half-pint; peewee; runt; shrimp
Hypernyms ("runt" is a kind of...):
small person (a person of below average size)
Derivation:
runty ((used especially of persons) of inferior size)
runty (well below average height)
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