runabout

run·a·bout (r

-bout

)

a. A small motorboat.

b. A light aircraft.

c. A small, open automobile or carriage.

2. A vagabond or wanderer.

runabout [ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt]

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a small car, esp one for use in a town

2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a light aircraft

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a light motorboat

4. a person who moves about constantly or busily

vb run about

(intr, adverb) to move busily from place to place

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Noun

runabout - an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

roadster, two-seater

auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"

rumble seat - a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars

Translations

runabout [ˈrʌnəbaʊt] N

1. (Aut) → coche m pequeño

2. (Rail etc) → billete m kilométrico

runabout [ˈrʌnəbaʊt] n

(= car) → cabriolet m

(US) (= boat) → canot m à moteur

runabout [ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt] n (car) → utilitaria

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roadster rumble seat run two-seater	He had, however, taken the precaution to engage in advance a runabout with a pair of old livery-stable trotters that could still do their eighteen miles on level roads; and at two o'clock, hastily deserting the luncheon-table, he sprang into the light carriage and drove off. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context And to the end of the day, Bob continued to be up to one trick or another; after passing a dozen automobiles on the way into Oakland, suddenly electing to go mad with fright at a most ordinary little runabout. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context Men--Americans--driving along in buggies or runabouts looked at Saxon and Billy curiously. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context	run over run roughshod run short Run steel run through run time run to run up run with Run-around run-down run-in run-of-paper run-of-the-mill run-of-the-mine run-off run-on run-on sentence run-out run-resistant run-through run-time run-time error run-up run-up area runabout runagate runaround runaway runaway robin runback Runcation runch runcible spoon Runcie runcinate runcinate leaf Runcorn rundale Rundel rundle rundlet rundown Rundstedt rune Rune stone Runeberg runecraft Runer rung Runghead	Run-time object Run-Time Package Run-Time Self-Programming run-time support Run-time system Run-Time Type Identification Run-time type information Run-Time Voltage Hopping Run-Time Web Services run-times run-to-breakdown maintenance Run-To-Cladding-Breach Run-To-Cladding-Failure Run-To-Run Run-Trip-and-Fall Run-Trip-and-Fall Run-Unit Journal run-up run-up run-up run-up run-up area run-ups run-ups run-ups Runa Simi Runa Simi Runa-Simi language Runa-Simi language Runaas Resources Public Relations runabout runabouts runabouts runabouts runagate runagate RunApplicationEventLoop runaround runaround runaround runaround runaround crosstalk runaround scrap runarounds runarounds runarounds runarounds Runashimi Runashimi Runasimi Runasimi runaway runaway runaway Runaway (movie) Runaway (movie) Runaway (movie) Runaway (song) Runaway (song) Runaway (song) Runaway and Homeless Youth

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He had, however, taken the precaution to engage in advance a runabout with a pair of old livery-stable trotters that could still do their eighteen miles on level roads; and at two o'clock, hastily deserting the luncheon-table, he sprang into the light carriage and drove off.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

And to the end of the day, Bob continued to be up to one trick or another; after passing a dozen automobiles on the way into Oakland, suddenly electing to go mad with fright at a most ordinary little runabout.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

Men--Americans--driving along in buggies or runabouts looked at Saxon and Billy curiously.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

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