runner
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈrʌnər/
- US
:
corredor de base
- Now there are no outs, with runners on first and second.
- a base runner
- runners in scoring position
- left runners on base
Examples
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They want a base runner here.
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And a great throw to hold the runner at third.
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Now there are runners on first and second.
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The setting: the Tigers are ahead 1-0, with a runner on first and two out.
Blog text (8) -
The Indians hit the ball hard and put runners on base all evening.
Fiction book (1998) -
Four pitches later, there were runners at first and third.
Fiction book (1994) -
Then the Blue Sox pitcher threw a wild pitch, and the runner moved to second.
Fiction book (2001) -
In a suicide squeeze, the runner heads home as soon as the pitcher throws the ball.
Blog text (7) -
And with two outs and a runner on second, the big man, Carlos Liston, comes to the plate.
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He sprinted to second base, hoping to make it before the pitcher could tag the runner out.
Synonyms
3
3.5
A batting team player on base or running to reach a base
3
4.1
A player on base trying to move to the next base or score
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A member of London's first organized police force from the mid 1700s to the early 1800s
A large, fast tropical fish with a blue green back and yellow stripes that people catch for sport
- Australian
A low-growing Australian vine with hairy stems and bright red and pink flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Runner comes from the old word run plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. In baseball a runner is a player on a base who 'runs' toward the next base to try to score.