Runty

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runt (r

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1. An undersized animal, especially the smallest animal of a litter.

2. Offensive A short person.

[Origin unknown.]

runti·ness n.

runty adj.

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Adj.	1.	runty - well below average height pint-size, pint-sized, sawed-off, sawn-off jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
	2.	runty - (used especially of persons) of inferior size shrimpy, puny little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

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Physical Appearance pint-size pint-sized puny runt sawed-off sawn-off shrimpy undersized			We are going to take your governments, your palaces, and all your purpled ease away from you, and in that day you shall work for your bread even as the peasant in the field or the starved and runty clerk in your metropolises. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context			Running part running pine running play running pop running postman running repairs running rigging running shoe running start running stitch running suit running time running title Runningly Runnion runny Runnymede runoff runology runout runproof Runround runt runtime error runtiness Runty runup runway runway visual range Runyon RUOK rupee Rupellary Rupert Rupert Brooke Rupert Murdoch Rupert River Rupert's Land rupestral rupestral plant rupestrine plant Rupia rupiah Rupial Rupicapra Rupicapra rupicapra Rupicola Rupicola peruviana Rupicola rupicola Rupicoline rupicolous			Runtime Infrastructure Ambassador Runtime Initialization Data Runtime Java Class Editor Runtime Language Runtime library runtime module Runtime Object Data Base Runtime Page Optimizer Runtime performance Runtime Revolution Runtime Revolution Runtime Revolution Runtime Revolution Runtime Services Interface Runtime Shared Library Runtime Status Register Runtime system Runtime system Runtime Systems for Parallel Programming Runtime Type Information Runtime Type Information Runtime verification runtime version runtiness runtiness runtiness runting syndrome Runts Runts Runts Runty Runub Runub Runub runup runup runup Runups Runups runway runway runway runway Runway (fashion) Runway (fashion) Runway Acceptance Rate Runway Alignment Indicator Lights Runway Arrested Landing Site Runway Arresting Gear Runway Awareness and Advisory System runway barn Runway Centerline Light System Runway Centerline Marking Runway Clear Zone Runway Condition Reading Runway Condition Report Runway Control Structure Runway Delay Simulation Model Runway Distance Remaining Runway Duty Officer Runway End Identification Light

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