♦ runner

♦ runner
♦ runner /ˈrʌnə(r)/
n.
1 chi corre; (sport) corridore; podista; cavallo da corsa: She's a fast runner, corre veloce; a long-distance runner, un (o una) fondista; a marathon runner, un (o una) maratoneta; There are 5 runners in the race, ci sono cinque corridori in gara
2 (fam.) buona trovata: This idea may be a runner, questa potrebbe essere una buona trovata
3 fattorino; messo (spec. di una banca)
4 (mil.) staffetta; portaordini
5 trafficante (spec. nei composti): a gun runner, un trafficante d'armi; a drug runner, un trafficante di droga
6 (sport) (di slitta, d'aliante) pattino; (di pattino) lama
7 striscia di tappeto (in un corridoio, in un salone); passatoia
8 striscia ornamentale (da mettere su un tavolo, una credenza)
9 (mecc.) guida di scorrimento
10 (bot.) stolone; rampollo: strawberry runners, stoloni di fragole
11 (metall.) canale di colata
12 rullo di legno (per spostare oggetti pesanti)
13 anello (di corda, cinghia, ecc.)
14 (di un mulino) macina; mola
15 (zool.) uccello corridore (in genere); (spec., Rallus aquaticus) porciglione
16 (naut.) piccolo paranco mobile; amante; stricco
17 (tecn.: di turbina ad acqua) girante: runner blade, pala della girante
18 (ferr., USA) macchinista
19 (alpinismo) gancio di sicurezza
20 (baseball) corridore: the runner at second base, il corridore in seconda base
21 (cricket) giocatore che effettua un «run» (cioè, una corsa al «wicket») al posto del battitore infortunato
22 (vela) paterazzo (o sartia) volante (di yacht)
● (naut.) runner and tackle, stricco; piccolo paranco mobile □ (bot.) runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), fagiolo di Spagna □ (med.) runner's knee, ginocchio del podista □ runner-up, (spec. sport) secondo arrivato, secondo in classifica; (comm.) chi rilancia a un'asta □ (fam. ingl.) a good runner, un'auto che va bene □ (fam. ingl.) to do a runner, squagliarsela.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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