'Runt' definitions:
Definition of 'runt'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Runt'
From: GCIDE
- Runt \Runt\, n. [Written also rant.] [Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf. Rother, a.]
- 1. (Zool.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously. [1913 Webster]
- Before I buy a bargain of such runts, I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'runt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a nobody,
- a nothing,
- bantam,
- banty,
- brownie,
- button,
- chit,
- cipher,
- common man,
- diminutive,
- dummy,
- dwarf,
- elf,
- featherweight,
- figurehead,
- fingerling,
- gnome,
- homunculus,
- insignificancy,
- jackstraw,
- lightweight,
- lilliputian,
- Lilliputian,
- little fellow,
- little guy,
- man of straw,
- manikin,
- mediocrity,
- midge,
- midget,
- mini,
- minikin,
- minnow,
- minny,
- mouse,
- nebbish,
- nobody one knows,
- nonentity,
- nubbin,
- obscurity,
- peewee,
- pip-squeak,
- pony,
- punk,
- pygmy,
- scrub,
- shrimp,
- slip,
- small fry,
- small potato,
- small potatoes,
- snip,
- snippet,
- squirt,
- squit,
- tit,
- Tom Thumb,
- wart,
- whiffet,
- whippersnapper,
- wisp