roadrunner
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- noun
- /ˈroʊdˌrʌnər/
- US
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correcaminos
- During our trip to Arizona, we saw several roadrunners darting across the road.
- roadrunner cartoon
Was your uncle Wiley Coyote taught at MIT for a record number of years, But you could never catch the Roadrunner.
- Was your uncle Wiley Coyote taught at MIT for a record number of years, But you could never catch the Roadrunner.
- The metaphysicians seem to be doing so, but you know, to use the metaphor of the Roadrunner, they are more Wile E Coyote than anything else.
Examples
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The shape of her hair in the back reminded him of the shaggy crest of the roadrunners he saw in the field behind his house.
Fiction book (1995) -
You know, the one with Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner chasing through the desert.
Blog text (26) -
Did the roadrunners go out yet?
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Even at college, studying the Roadrunner cartoons...
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You think you're that fast, roadrunner?
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Now, what's this roadrunner done, fellers?
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Well, currently I am watching bugs and roadrunners eat my few squash that appeared.
Blog text (13) -
I've always wondered why the coyote didn't just go out and buy a roadrunner.
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While hiking in the desert, I spotted a roadrunner running swiftly along the trail.
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The roadrunner is known for its distinctive call and incredible speed.
Synonyms
A large bird that runs very fast on the ground, living in deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
A fast ground bird called a roadrunner that lives in dry parts of the United States and Mexico
A fast ground bird like a roadrunner that lives in dry parts of North and Central America
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roadrunner is made from road and runner, meaning 'a runner on the road'. People called the fast desert bird this because it often runs along roads and open ground and is known for its speed.