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run·ner [ˈrʌnəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. runner:

runner (person)
Läufer(in) m (f) <-s, ->
runner (horse)
Rennpferd nt <-(e)s, -e>

2. runner Aus (plimsoll):

runner
Turnschuh m <-(e)s, -e>

3. runner (messenger):

runner
Bote(Botin) m (f) <-n, -n>
runner
Laufbursche m <-n, -n>

4. runner pej (smuggler):

runner
Schmuggler(in) m (f) <-s, ->
drug runner
Drogenkurier(in) m (f) <-s, -e>
gun runner
Waffenschmuggler(in) m (f)

5. runner:

runner (skid)
Kufe f <-, -n>
runner (rail)
Laufschiene f <-, -n>

6. runner BOT (stem):

runner
Ausläufer m <-s, ->

7. runner (carpet):

runner
Läufer m <-s, ->

8. runner (for table):

runner
Tischläufer m

9. runner LAW sl (criminal):

runner
Mitglied einer Taschendiebbande, das mit dem Diebesgut davonrennt

Phrases:

to do Brit[or Am pull] a runner inf
die Fliege machen sl
OpenDict entry

runner N

to do a runner Brit inf
Fersengeld geben inf

ˈdis·tance run·ner N

distance runner
Langstreckenläufer(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>

ˈfront-run·ner N also fig

front-runner
Spitzenreiter(in) m (f) <-s, ->

ˈgun-run·ner N

gun-runner
Waffenschmuggler(in) m (f)
gun-runner
Waffenschieber(in) m (f)

ˈmara·thon run·ner N

marathon runner
Marathonläufer(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>

run·ner ˈbean N Brit

runner bean
Stangenbohne f

run·ner-ˈup N

runner-up
Zweite(r) f(m)
runner-up
Zweitplazierte(r) f(m)
runner-up
Vizemeister(in) m (f)
the runners-up
die weiteren Plätze
to be the runner-up
den zweiten Platz belegen

scar·let ˈrun·ner N BOT, FOOD

scarlet runner
Feuerbohne f <-, -n>

aerial runner

aerial runner
oberirdischer Ausläufer

subterranean runner [ˌsʌbtəˌreɪnɪənˈrʌnə]

subterranean runner
unterirdischer Ausläufer

book runner N FINMKT

book runner (Konsortialführer)
Bookrunner m

red runner, red light runner TRANSP SAFETY

red runner
Rotlichtfahrer

mid·dle-dis·tance ˈrun·ner N

middle-distance runner
Mittelstreckenläufer(in) m (f)
OpenDict entry

stair runner N

stair runner (carpet)
Treppenläufer m