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runt::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | half-pint, peewee, shrimp |
| Type of | small person |
| Derivation | runty |
Examples of runt
runt
Sandersfield, the center, is the runt of the litter at 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds.
From the news-journalonline.com
My wife has an all-white cat that was the runt of the litter on an Indiana farm.
From the forbes.com
So instead it makes the fullest one vomit out a portion that can go to the runt.
From the washingtontimes.com
The last animal to be auctioned off was a scrawny pup and the runt of the litter.
From the omaha.com
Now much-maligned Eli, the runt of the Manning litter, was going to get his shot.
From the sportingnews.com
Just-A-Cat was the runt of the litter, and the only kitten who had not been adopted.
From the thenewstribune.com
One of five siblings, he was the runt of the litter and the last to be sold.
From the guardian.co.uk
Opened in 1978, the Science Center was long the runt of Detroit cultural institutions.
From the freep.com
When the runt grew up and had piglets, all the porkers were sent to market.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Disparaging terms for small people
- In a group of animals (usually a litter of animals born in multiple births), a runt is a member which is smaller and/or weaker than the others. ...
- RUNT Linux is an acronym for ResNet USB Network Tester. It is one of many Linux distros designed to run from a usb flash drive. RUNT is based on Slackware's bare kernel. Originally designed as a network tool for students at North Carolina State University. ...
- Runt is the self-titled debut of the band Runt, first released in 1970 on the Ampex Records label. Many regard the album as Todd Rundgren's debut solo album, as all later reissues (including the 1990 CD reissue by Rhino) credit the album to Todd Rundgren rather than to Runt. ...
- Runt is a 2002 children's novel written by Marion Dane Bauer. It tells of a story about a wolf pup who is a runt.
- Runts are crunchy candies sold by Nestlu00E9. First seen on the market in 1982, the candies are in the shape, color, and flavor of a selection of fruits. Runts have a hard candy shell with a compressed dextrose center (similar to the consistency of SweeTarts).
- The smallest animal of a litter; Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person; An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes; A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph; A breed of pigeon related to the ...
- An unusually small animal
- Code name for the ASIC chip set used in the older Newton devices. Rumored to have been called Runt because of the small form factor of the original Newton. Source: NTLK
