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runner noun 1 someone or something that runs. 2 a messenger. 3 a groove or strip along which a drawer, sliding door, curtain, etc slides. 4 either of the strips of metal or wood running the length of a sledge, on which it moves. 5 a blade on an ice skate. 6 bot in certain plants, eg strawberry, creeping buttercup, etc: a stem that grows horizontally along the surface of the ground, producing new plants either from axillary or terminal buds. Technical equivalent stolon. 7 a long narrow strip of cloth or carpet used to decorate or cover a table, dresser, floor, etc. 8 a runner bean. 9 a smuggler. do a runner slang to leave a place hastily, especially to leave a shop, restaurant, etc without paying; to escape.
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