runt
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6.4
- noun
- /rʌnt/
- Offensive
:
cría más pequeña
- When I was born, I was the runt of the litter.
- runt of the litter
- little runt
- skinny runt
It's like having a you know, it's like having a, you know, it's like having a runt, A runt ferret that has attention deficit disorder.
- It's like having a you know, it's like having a, you know, it's like having a runt, A runt ferret that has attention deficit disorder.
- Again, because I was a runt, I was AI was a skinny guy who stuttered it.
- It's like having a you know, it's like having a you know, it's like having a runt feet runt ferret that has attention deficit disorder.
Examples
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The runt in a family of giants, including his mother who died so long ago.
Fiction book (1992) -
When they saw me—a little runt dragging this chandelier on the dry, dusty road—
Fiction book (1990) -
What are you, the runt of the family?
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What s a little runt like you gonna do about it?
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Come back here, you little runt!
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The runt of the litter, and the quickest to fly off at an insult.
Fiction book (1991) -
Until, as if exhausted by so much splendor, his gaze dropped and he saw me, the runt beside the hero.
Fiction book (1996) -
His cousins teased him, called him the runt, and the fact that he had asthma didn't help.
Fiction book (1991) -
Greggy was a malnourished little runt, really, thin as Luz's pinky.
Fiction book (1996) -
When I was born, I was the runt of the litter, smaller than all my siblings.
Synonyms
23
8.4
A small person whom others insult for seeming weak or unimportant
9
8.5
A very small person or thing people often call jokingly
5
1.8
A person who is shorter than most people and has a light build
1
9.2
A person or group with low rank who usually loses in competition
A rude name for a small or short person, often a child
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Runt likely comes from an old local word for a very small pig or a creature called a 'dwarf', a name used for the tiniest animal in a litter. So, a runt today is the smallest or weakest member of a group.