runaway
About 1.84 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
Runaways are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
- noun A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
- noun An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
A trim runaway can make an airplane almost impossible to fly.
- noun The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
- noun An overwhelming victory.
The home side won in a runaway.
- adjective Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
a runaway thief
- adjective Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
a runaway donkey
- adjective Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
a runaway marriage
Similar words
fugitive walkaway romp laugher uncontrolled shoo-in escaped escape bolter rapid
Often followed by
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Word family
runaways
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