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runt

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runt  (rnt)
n.
1. An undersized animal, especially the smallest animal of a litter.
2. Offensive A short person.
[Origin unknown.]
runti·ness n.
runty adj.
runt
Noun
1. the smallest and weakest young animal in a litter
2. an undersized or inferior person [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.runtrunt - disparaging terms for small people
half-pint, peewee, shrimp
small person - a person of below average size
Translations
Spanish runt [rʌnt] n (also pej) → enano
French runt [rʌnt] n → avorton m
German runt [rʌnt] n (animal) → kleinstes und schwächstes Tier eines Wurfs;
(pej) (person) → Zwerg m
Italian runt [rʌnt] n → omuncolo;
(ZOOL) → animale m più piccolo del normale
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The runt is a bird of great size, with long, massive beak and large feet; some of the sub-breeds of runts have very long necks, others very long wings and tails, others singularly short tails.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
But as for such creaturs as you Methodisses run after, I'd as soon go to look at a lot o' bare- ribbed runts on a common.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
The wheeling and circling flights of runts, fantails, tumblers, and pouters, were perhaps not quite consistent with the grave and sober character of the building, but the monotonous cooing, which never ceased to be raised by some among them all day long, suited it exactly, and seemed to lull it to rest.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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