runt

== English == === Etymology === The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely. Possibly connected to Icelandic hrotti meaning "brute". === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɹʌnt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ɹʊnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt === Noun === runt (plural runts) The smallest animal of a litter. (by extension) The smallest child in the family. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. Synonym: dwarf (slang) An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph. Hypernym: widow A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant. A bow. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === turn == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rʏnt/ Rhymes: -ʏnt === Verb === runt inflection of runnen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative === Anagrams === turn == Faroese == === Adjective === runt nominative/accusative neuter singular of rundur === Adverb === runt around == Old French == === Adjective === runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde) alternative form of reont ==== Declension ==== == Plautdietsch == === Adjective === runt round, circular, spherical == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === runt indefinite neuter singular of rund === Adverb === runt around; aimlessly (about movement) around; at random locations around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation ==== See also ==== dygnet runt gå runt se sig runt vända runt === Preposition === runt around; denoting a full circle around; following a path which curves near an object around (a corner) around, near (about time) about; all round ==== Synonyms ==== kring omkring ==== Derived terms ==== runt om runt omkring == Yola == === Alternative forms === ee-runt, ee-rent === Etymology === From Middle English rent, i-rent, past participle of renden (“to tear”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rʊnt/, /iːˈrʊnt/, /iːˈrɛnt/ === Verb === runt torn === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 65