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runt n. 小牛,小家畜,小鬼,家鸽之一种 小牛,小家畜,小鬼,家鸽之一种 runt n 1: disparaging terms for small people [ synonym: { runt}, { shrimp}, { peewee}, { half- pint}] Runt \ Runt\, n. [ Written also { rant}.] [ Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf. { Rother}, a.] 1. ( Zool.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously. [ 1913 Webster] Before I buy a bargain of such runts, I' ll buy a college for bears, and live among ' em. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster] Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] 61 Moby Thesaurus words for " runt": Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, a nobody, a nothing, bantam, banty, brownie, button, chit, cipher, common man, diminutive, dummy, dwarf, elf, featherweight, figurehead, fingerling, gnome, homunculus, insignificancy, jackstraw, lightweight, lilliputian, little fellow, little guy, man of straw, manikin, mediocrity, midge, midget, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, mouse, nebbish, nobody one knows, nonentity, nubbin, obscurity, peewee, pip- squeak, pony, punk, pygmy, scrub, shrimp, slip, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, snip, snippet, squirt, squit, tit, wart, whiffet, whippersnapper, wisp
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