Runt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An undersized animal, especially the smallest animal of a litter.
  • n. Offensive A short person.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The smallest animal of a litter.
  • n. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
  • n. An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
  • n. A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
  • n. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
  • n. A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
  • n. A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
  • n. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
  • n. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A young ox or cow; a steer or heifer; also, a stunted ox or cow, or other under-sized animal; one below the usual size and strength of its kind; especially, the smallest or weakest one of a litter of pigs or puppies. Compare def. 4.
  • n. Hence A short, stockish person; a dwarf.
  • n. A rude, ill-bred person; a boor or hoiden.
  • n. A breed of domestic pigeons. A single bird may weigh as much as 2 1/2 pounds.
  • n. A stump of underwood; also, the dead stump of a tree.
  • n. The stalk or stem of a plant.
  • n. The rump.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. disparaging terms for small people
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    small person   
    Cross Reference
    welsh runt   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dwarf   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    baje    pouter    critter   
     
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