runner

Noun

• fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

• device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

• a long narrow carpet

• (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

• a trained athlete who competes in foot races

• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

• a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

• a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
  • he sent a runner over with the contract
    

• someone who travels on foot by running

• someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  blue runner , Caranx crysos , ball carrier , stolon , offset , base runner , smuggler , contrabandist , moon curser , moon-curser