Definition of Runty

1. Adjective. Well below average height.

Exact synonyms: Pint-size, Pint-sized, Sawed-off, Sawn-off
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Similar to: Little, Short
Derivative terms: Runt, Runtiness

2. Adjective. (used especially of persons) of inferior size.
Exact synonyms: Puny, Shrimpy
Similar to: Little, Small
Derivative terms: Puniness, Runt, Runtiness, Shrimp

Definition of Runty

1. a. Like a runt; diminutive; mean.

Definition of Runty

1. Adjective. having the characteristics of a runt ¹

2. Adjective. diminutive ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runty

1. small [adj RUNTIER, RUNTIEST] - See also: small

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runty

runt disease
runted
runtier
runtiest
runtime
runtime error
runtimes
runtiness
runtinesses
runting syndrome
runtish
runtishly
runtling
runtlings
runts
runty (current term)
runup
runups
runway
runway model
runway models
runwaylike
runways
rupatadine
rupchanda
rupee
rupees
rupellary
rupes
rupestral

Literary usage of Runty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... force and against the consent of a female has sexual intercourse with her is ¡runty of rape. Harris v. State, 56 South. 55, 2 Ala. App. 116. ..."

2. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1917)
""Come along," says runty. We followed him around to the woodshed and there was ... He had just got started on -the second piece and I could hear runty Brown ..."

3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"runty Obstinate—angry—ill-willed. It is applied to persons as well as to beasts ... 3) reminds us of something runty, though I cannot precisely explain how. ..."

4. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"A sträng, runty lass ;" like many of our hardy-bred moor-maidens.' Wb. Gl. Run wicks, To. See Wicks, To run. Rush, sb. i. A crowd, or thick assembling of ..."

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