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Meanings of
runt
in English
Catalan
nap-buf
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Disparaging terms for small people.
shrimp
peewee
half-pint
Catalan
nap-buf
Synonyms
Examples for "
shrimp
"
shrimp
peewee
half-pint
Examples for "
shrimp
"
1
The state is also the leading producer of
shrimp
,
the report said.
2
Let the
shrimp
soak for 30 minutes, then drain and coarsely chop.
3
The parchment paper should detach from the
shrimp
purée; this is expected.
4
You start by marinating large
shrimp
in wine, garlic, and olive oil.
5
The market stocks 7 kinds of soy sauce, plum, &
shrimp
sauce.
1
A very large marble is a bumbo and a very small one a
peewee
.
2
Four times he drove the
peewee
farther than Charles did.
3
But by some accident of eye and timing he beat his brother at
peewee
.
4
When I was a kid, I was the only girl on the local
peewee
football team.
5
There is more good sportsmanship in this series than you'll find on a half-dozen
peewee
soccer fields.
1
Mr Fogarty brought a gift with him, a
half
-
pint
of special whisky.
2
Pour it through a funnel into
half
-
pint
bottles, and cork them well.
3
Then chop a
half
-
pint
of oysters, and beat six eggs very well.
4
Chard took out the rum and filled a
half
-
pint
pannikin to the brim.
5
More pressingly is it acceptable to have a
half
-
pint
on a pub crawl.
Usage of
runt
in English
1
For example, the canoe birch at its northern limit is a
runt
.
2
That little
runt
of a Martin Landis was hanging round her, too.
3
It isn't much compared to an angel, even one that's a
runt
.
4
They were surrounded by the wrenched shapes of
runt
banyans and cow-parsley.
5
Richard, the youngest of all, is the dark-haired
runt
of the litter.
6
She ain't scared of no sawed-off, hammered-down
runt
like Texas, No, siree!
7
Improbably, the
runt
had survived, but it was not long for this world.
8
He is a
runt
and a pig, and I am tired of him.
9
So she just picked on a red-headed
runt
of an Irishman.
10
Your shit-fed
runt
escaped through your incompetence, and liberated its siblings.
11
Well, I never heard any harm of that poor little
runt
.
12
We've just flushed out that
runt
Melitus-heget anything off you?
13
That's a day's wage for the strongest dockworkers, not some
runt
.
14
No one-armed, hammered-down little
runt
can bluff me for a second.
15
He has no intention of being under the thumb of this little
runt
.
16
It's like he's a harmless little
runt
fighting for the teat.
Other examples for "runt"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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runt
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little runt
skinny runt
face runt
old runt
ask the runt
More collocations
Translations for
runt
Catalan
nap-buf
tap
caguerot
tap de bassa
Runt
through the time
Runt
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common