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run⋅ner

  [ruhn-er]
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–noun
1. a person, animal, or thing that runs, esp. as a racer.
2. a messenger.
3. a messenger of a bank or brokerage house.
4. Baseball. base runner.
5. Football. the ball-carrier.
6. a person whose business it is to solicit patronage or trade.
7. a person acting as collector, agent, or the like, for a bank, broker, etc.
8. something in or on which something else runs or moves.
9. either of the long, bladelike strips of metal or wood on which a sled or sleigh slides.
10. the blade of an ice skate.
11. the rotating system of blades driven by the fluid passing through a reaction turbine.
12. the rotating member of a pair of millstones. Compare bed stone.
13. a roller on which something moves along.
14. Furniture.
a. a sliding piece, as a loper.
b. rocker (def. 1).
15. an operator or manager, as of a machine.
16. a long, narrow rug, suitable for a hall or passageway.
17. a long, narrow strip of line, embroidery, lace, or the like, placed across a table.
18. Botany.
a. a slender stolon that runs along the surface of the ground and sends out roots and leaves at the nodes, as in the strawberry.
b. a plant that spreads by such stems.
19. Metallurgy. any of the channels through which molten metal flows.
20. a smuggler.
21. a vessel engaged in smuggling.
22. a person who takes, transmits, and often pays off bets for a bookmaker or a numbers pool.
23. Ichthyology. a jurel, Caranx crysos, inhabiting waters from Cape Cod to Brazil.
24. Building Trades. a horizontal longitudinal timber resting upon the uprights of a staging and supporting the footing pieces.
25. Theater. a piece of carpet or matting placed in the wings for deadening offstage sounds.
26. a tackle or part of a tackle consisting of a line rove through a single block and fixed at one end.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see run, -er 1
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rock⋅er

  [rok-er]
–noun
1. Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
2. rocking chair.
3. a rock-'n'-roll song: She sang a ballad and followed that with two of her well-known rockers.
4. any of various devices that operate with a rocking motion.
5. Graphic Arts. a small steel plate with one curved and toothed edge for roughening a copperplate to make a mezzotint.
6. Mining. cradle (def. 13).
7. an ice skate that has a curved blade.
8. a performer or fan of rock music.
—Idiom
9. off one's rocker, Slang. insane; crazy: You're off your rocker if you think I'm going to climb that mountain.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: one who rocks a cradle; see rock 2 , -er 1
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flat 1   (flāt)   
adj.   flat·ter, flat·test

  1. Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.

  2. Having a smooth, even, level surface: a skirt sewed with fine flat seams.

  3. Having a relatively broad surface in relation to thickness or depth: a flat board. See Synonyms at level.

  4. Stretched out or lying at full length along the ground; prone.

  5. Free of qualification; absolute: a flat refusal.

  6. Fixed; unvarying: a flat rate.

  7. Lacking interest or excitement; dull: a flat scenario.

    1. Lacking in flavor: a flat stew that needs salt.

    2. Having lost effervescence or sparkle: flat beer.

    3. Deflated. Used of a tire.

    4. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.

    5. Being below the correct pitch.

    6. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.

    1. Deflated. Used of a tire.

    2. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.

    3. Being below the correct pitch.

    4. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.

  10. Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity: A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.

  11. Commercially inactive; sluggish: flat sales for the month.

  12. Unmodulated; monotonous: a flat voice.

  13. Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: "The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells" (Anne Tyler).

  14. Not glossy; mat: flat paint.

  15. Music

    1. Being below the correct pitch.

    2. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.

  16. Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat.

  17. Nautical Taut. Used of a sail.

adv.  

    1. Level with the ground; horizontally.

    2. On or up against a flat surface; at full length.

    3. Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke.

    4. Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat.

  2. So as to be flat.

    1. Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke.

    2. Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat.

  4. Music Below the intended pitch.

  5. Business Without interest charge.

n.  

  1. A flat surface or part.

  2. A stretch of level ground. Often used in the plural: salt flats.

  3. A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings.

  4. A movable section of stage scenery, usually consisting of a wooden frame and a decorated panel of wood or cloth.

  5. A flatcar.

  6. A deflated tire.

  7. A shoe with a flat heel.

  8. A large flat piece of mail.

  9. A horse that competes in a flat race. Also called runner.

  10. Music

    1. A sign (♭) used to indicate that a note is to be lowered by a half step.

    2. A note that is lowered a half step.

  11. Football The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation.

v.   flat·ted, flat·ting, flats

v.   tr.

  1. To make flat; flatten.

  2. Music To lower (a note) a semitone.

v.   intr. Music
To sing or play below the proper pitch.

[Middle English, from Old Norse flatr; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
flat'ly adv., flat'ness n.
run·ner   (rŭn'ər)   
n.  

  1. Sports One who competes in a race.

    1. Baseball One who runs the bases.

    2. Football One who carries the ball.

    3. A smuggler: a narcotics runner.

    4. A vessel engaged in smuggling.

    5. The blade of a skate.

    6. The supports on which a drawer slides.

    7. A slender creeping stem that puts forth roots from nodes spaced at intervals along its length.

    8. A plant, such as the strawberry, having such a stem.

    9. A twining vine, such as the scarlet runner.

  3. A fugitive.

  4. One who carries messages or runs errands.

  5. One who serves as an agent or collector, as for a bank or brokerage house.

  6. One who solicits business, as for a hotel or store.

    1. A smuggler: a narcotics runner.

    2. A vessel engaged in smuggling.

    3. The blade of a skate.

    4. The supports on which a drawer slides.

    5. A slender creeping stem that puts forth roots from nodes spaced at intervals along its length.

    6. A plant, such as the strawberry, having such a stem.

    7. A twining vine, such as the scarlet runner.

  8. One who operates or manages something: the runner of a series of gambling operations.

  9. A device in or on which something slides or moves, as:

    1. The blade of a skate.

    2. The supports on which a drawer slides.

    3. A slender creeping stem that puts forth roots from nodes spaced at intervals along its length.

    4. A plant, such as the strawberry, having such a stem.

    5. A twining vine, such as the scarlet runner.

  10. A long narrow carpet.

  11. A long narrow tablecloth.

  12. A roller towel.

  13. Metallurgy A channel along which molten metal is poured into a mold; a gate.

  14. Botany

    1. A slender creeping stem that puts forth roots from nodes spaced at intervals along its length.

    2. A plant, such as the strawberry, having such a stem.

    3. A twining vine, such as the scarlet runner.

  15. Any of several marine fishes of the family Carangidae, especially the blue runner (Caranx crysos), of temperate waters of the American Atlantic coast. Also called blue runner.

  16. Sports See flat1.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
rocker

  1. n.
    a rocking chair. (Not slang.) : I love to spend a sunny afternoon in my rocker.
  2. n.
    a rock and roll singer, song, or fan. (See also off (one's) rocker.) : Let's listen to a good rocker.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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runner

  1. n.
    a messenger. : I work as a runner in the financial district.
  2. n.
    a person who transports contraband. (Underworld.) : The runners got away, but we have the goods.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rocker 
"a rocking chair," 1852, Amer.Eng., from rock (v.); earlier "nurse charged with rocking a cradle" (c.1400). In sense of "one of the curved pieces of wood that makes a chair or cradle rock" it dates from 1787. Slang off (one's) rocker "crazy" first recorded 1897. Meaning "one who enjoys rock music" (as opposed to mod) is recorded from 1963.

runner 
c.1300, from run (v.). Meaning "smuggler" first recorded 1721; sense of "embroidered cloth for a table" is from 1889. Runner-up is from 1842, originally in dog racing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Science Dictionary
runner   (rŭn'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
A slender stem that grows horizontally and puts down roots to form new plants. Strawberries spread by runners. Also called stolon. Compare bulb, corm, rhizome, tuber.
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Encyclopedia

runner

any of certain species of fishes in the family Carangidae (order Perciformes), which also includes the jacks, amberjacks, and pompanos. The blue runner (Caranx crysos) is a shiny, greenish or bluish fish of the Atlantic. Like others in the family, blue runners have deeply forked tails. They are popular game fish that reach lengths of 60 cm (2 feet)

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