Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 28 compound words that contain runners. The most common are listed below. Open runners in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- runners and ridersThe horses and respective jockeys entered
- blade runnersplural of blade runner: A para-athlete who runs using prosthetic limbs commonly known as running blades.
- blue runnersplural of blue runner: Caranx crysos, a common species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae.
- free runnersplural of free runner: A person who participates in free running.
- front-runnersplural of front-runner: Any of the most likely winners in a contest, election, etc.
- midnight runnersplural of midnight runner: A teacher in Korea who leaves his/her job or the country without warning, typically to escape abusive working conditions.
- runners kneeAlternative form of runner's knee: Any of various overuse injuries involving pain around the kneecap.
- runners-upplural of runner-up: The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
- scarlet runnersplural of scarlet runner: Phaseolus coccineus, the runner bean.
- rum runnersplural of rum runner: An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
- Bow Street Runnersplural of Bow Street Runner: A member of an early police force founded in 1742 in London, England.
- blockade runnersplural of blockade runner: A vehicle, typically a naval one, with the purpose of transporting cargo across a military blockade.
- base runnersplural of base runner: A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.
- bull runnersplural of bull runner: One who takes part in the running of the bulls.
- circle runnersplural of circle runner: A player who plays along the six-meter line with his/her back facing the opponent's goal, and tries to get in between the defenders to create space so that a teammate can get in. The circle runner can also receive …
- designated runnersplural of designated runner: A pinch runner.
- drug runnersplural of drug runner: Someone who smuggles drugs.
- endless runnersplural of endless runner: A style of platform game in which the player character runs non-stop through a hazardous course, and must be guided to jump, duck, etc. to avoid the hazards.
- fell runnersplural of fell runner: One who takes part in fell running.
- ghost runnersplural of ghost runner: In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch, and who usually travels at the rate of the current batter.
- Indian Runnersplural of Indian Runner: A domestic duck of a particular breed that stand erect like penguins and run rather than waddling.
- infinite runnersplural of infinite runner: A style of platform game in which the player character runs non-stop through a hazardous course, and must be guided to jump, duck, etc. to avoid the hazards.
- invisible runnersplural of invisible runner: In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch, and who usually travels at the rate of the current batter.
- non-runnersplural of non-runner: One who does not take part in the physical activity of running.
- rainbow runnersplural of rainbow runner: The marine fish species Elagatis bipinnulata, which is brilliantly striped yellow and blue
Compound words 28
- roadrunnersplural of roadrunner: Either of two species of fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family native to North and Central America, the lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) and, especially, the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx …
- forerunnersplural of forerunner: A runner at the front or ahead.
- frontrunnersplural of frontrunner: Any of the most likely winners in a contest, election, etc.
- baserunnersplural of baserunner: A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.
- bladerunnersplural of bladerunner: A para-athlete who runs using prosthetic limbs commonly known as running blades.
- bookrunnersplural of bookrunner: The main underwriter or manager in equity, debt, or hybrid securities issuances, who syndicates with other investment banks in order to lower the risk.
- cloudrunnersplural of cloudrunner: Any of the tribe Phloeomyini of arboreal, nocturnal herbivorous rodents endemic to the cloud forests of the Philippines.
- conrunnersplural of conrunner: A person who organises a convention.
- footrunnersplural of footrunner: A person who runs on foot:
- freerunnersplural of freerunner: A person who participates in free running.