Noun

(en noun)

Agent noun of run; somebody who runs:

# Somebody who moves at a fast pace.

The first runner to cross the finish line wins the race.

# Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).

#* 1998 June 12th, Daniel Jonathan Kirk (username), tipping competitions'', in aus.legal, ''Usenet :

at least half of which would be put into the pool for the winner, the rest kept for the runners of the system to cover costs and more than likely make a fair profit.

(slang) A quick escape away from a scene.

He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.

A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.

A part of an apparatus that moves quickly

After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.

A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.

A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.

The red runner makes the table so festive.

A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.

How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.

(cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.

(baseball) A player who runs the bases.

The runner was out at second.

(Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.

(slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.

(botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.

(climbing) A short sling with a karabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.

(poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.

A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.

A leaping food fish () of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.

(sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.

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This week hundreds of NFL agents gathered to hear an honorable man talk about a noble pipedream. It was a discussion about a significant step to end one of the cornerstones of corruption in college football: runners . Not the backs getting their 40 times tested at the scouting combine but the slimeball trolls who work on behalf of agents to help recruit — a generous word — football prospects by illegally giving them cash (or cars or money for family members or rent for a nice house) so the player then signs with the agent upon turning pro.

Noun

(en noun)

(bartending) An assistant to a bartender

* {{quote-news, year=2000, date=December 1, author=Jack Helbig, title=Reindeer Games, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Cerda moved to Chicago and worked at a series of bars and clubs: the Orbit Room, the Paradise Club, even a stint at Limelight, where he supplemented his earnings as a barback by performing as Nina Hagen in one of the cages. }}