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runabout
[ ruhn-uh-bout ]
noun
- a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- a small pleasure motorboat.
- a person who roves around from place to place or group to group.
runabout
/ ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt /
noun
- a small car, esp one for use in a town
- a light aircraft
- a light motorboat
- a person who moves about constantly or busily
verb
- intr, adverb to move busily from place to place
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Word History and Origins
Origin of runabout1
First recorded in 1540–50; noun use of verb phrase run about
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Example Sentences
Isnt that Mrs. Prenticethe very rich Mrs. Prenticein her electric runabout?
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Then she saw that Jim had left the runabout himself and was now between the shafts of a small low wagon, drawing it into the road.
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The man named Dangler followed the runabout to the road and watched it disappear around a turn bordered by trees.
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Dangler watched the runabout and then gazed up and down the mountain for several minutes.
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There was one from a village called Bahan, saying a green runabout with two men had passed through there about midnight.
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