runners up
ərˈʌp noun, plural run·ners-up.
1.
the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
2.
runners-up, the competitors who do not win a contest but who place ahead of the majority of the contestants and share in prizes or honors, as those who place second, third, and fourth, or in the top ten.
Origin:
1835–45
1835–45
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| runner-up | |
| —n , pl runners-up | |
| a contestant finishing a race or competition in second place | |
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Runners up
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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