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runabout::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | roadster, two-seater |
| Type of | auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar |
Examples of runabout
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We arrive to find the kindly Dawn Breaker has taken the hapless runabout in tow.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It is an exciting experience, racing across the waves in a small, fast runabout.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This Soul made a great runabout once we got used to its high-riding, boxy feel.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They have cars, a black runabout for Babita and a grander silver saloon for Geeta.
From the telegraph.co.uk
DaimlerChrysler had a salutary experience with the Smart, a low-emission runabout.
From the economist.com
In a less radical form it might form the basis of a sub-Jazz sized urban runabout.
From the expressandstar.com
Rear leg room and boot space aren't great, so a family runabout it definitely is not.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The cost makes this Ka a luxury level city runabout, a notional rival to the Fiat 500.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
In another example, Robert Hupp invented the Hupmobile,'a two-seat runabout, in 1908.
From the cnn.com
- Roadster: an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
- A runabout is any small motorboat holding between four and eight people, well suited to moving about on the water. Runabouts can be used for racing, for pleasure activities like fishing and water skiing, or as a ship's tender for larger vessels. ...
- Runabouts were a popular car body style at the beginning of the 20th Century. They were small, inexpensive, open cars. Most runabouts had just a single row of seats, providing seating for two passengers. Many also had a tonneau at the rear to provide optional seating for four or five. ...
- A horse-drawn runabout is a four-wheeled vehicle for informal, utilitarian travel or "running about" and getting things done. Sometimes called a "driving wagon", it is essentially very light in order to be easily hitched by one person, and easily pulled over long distances by a single horse. ...
- Runabout is a series of destruction-themed driving games developed by Climax Entertainment. The games in the series were released on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast.
- Runabout is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers universes.
- A kind of small, lightweight, freshwater pleasurecraft intended for day use.
- General term for a light-weight, 2-passenger, light, fast carriage [example seen Ford Museum, Dearborn, 9/94]; used to describe light, open car of the early century.
- An archaic term for a small single-masted vessel, usually carrying a mainsail and a jib. What is modernly called a sloop.
