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runt

noun
/ɹʌnt/US/ɹʊnt/

Etymology

The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely. Possibly connected to Icelandic hrotti meaning "brute".

  1. derived from hrotti meaning "brute"
  2. derived from runt — “ox”

Definitions

  1. The smallest animal of a litter.

  2. The smallest child in the family.

    • the runt of the family

  3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. An uninfluential or unimportant person

      An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody.

    2. An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.

    3. A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a…

      A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.

    4. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.

    5. A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.

      • Neither young poles nor old runts are durable

    6. A bow.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for runt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA