also-rann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːlsəʊran/,

/ˈɒlsəʊran/, U.S.

/ˈɔlsoʊˌræn/,

/ˈɑlsoʊˌræn/

Inflections: Plural also-rans, unchanged.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English also ran.

Etymology: < also ran (see run v. Phrases 1c).

Originally U.S.

A. n.

1. A horse which fails to win (or to be placed) among the first three finishers. Hence: an athlete, team, etc., whose performance in competition is not a winning or near-winning one.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance

lightweight1773

sticker1779

maiden1807

favourite1813

mile-horse1829

outsider1836

heavyweight1857

stayer1862

stoner1862

rank outsider1869

pick1872

pot1874

timer1881

resurrectionist1883

short head1883

pea1888

cert1889

stiffa1890

wrong 'un1889

on the mark1890

place horse1890

top-weight1892

miler1894

also-ran1895

selection1901

loser1902

hotpot1904

roughie1908

co-favourite1922

readier1922

springer1922

fav1935

scratch1938

no-hoper1943

shoo-in1950

scorer1974

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > that finishes in particular position

throw-in1855

short head1883

place horse1890

whipper-in1892

also-ran1895

loser1902

scorer1974

1895 Daily News (Denver) 30 July 3/1 Annie Bishop, the favorite, was in the ‘also rans’.

1902 Era Nov. 519/1 The real race always lay between two or three members of the polo team who had fast ponies and the rest went to swell the ‘also rans’.

1905 Automobile 19 Oct. 448/3 It was evident..that the car was among the ‘also rans’.

1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock xi. 269 Sporty old three-bottle ancestors, with a genius for throwing deuces and picking also-rans.

1924 B. Pain in Nash's Mag. June 7 He is so hard that he puts the nether millstone among the also-ran.

1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season xxiv. 209 Dobbs..to an eye like mine, trained in the watching of point-to-point races, had all the look of an also-ran.

2006 Athletics Weekly 14 Dec. 32/4 An athlete who..leads England to cross-country team gold an amazing 55 years after winning the English Schools' can hardly be described as an also ran.

2. A person who competes in but does not win a contest, election, etc. Also: a person who or thing which attains little or no success.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure

botch1769

non-starter1839

schlemiel1868

also-ran1896

rinky-dink1900

flivver1915

wash-out1918

jabroni1919

bust1922

blowout1925

dropout1930

zilch1933

sad sack1943

loser1955

1896 G. Ade Artie 21 They ain't even in the ‘also rans’.

1904 Enquirer (Cincinnati) 6 Feb. 13/3 (heading) George B. Cox—He Heads The List Of Also Rans.

1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xvii. 314 I won't be among the also rans, you can bet on that... I don't weigh very much, but I'm geared high.

1946 R. A. Knox Epist. & Gospels 73 It is not enough that he should have put his name down as a candidate in the race for salvation; he may yet be found..among the also-rans, the ἀδόκιμοι, the people who are ‘counted out’.

1971 Oz 34 42/1 His [sc. Jimi Hendrix's] records generally contained..interesting little also-rans, marking-time things, ultimately just fillers.

1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 28 May a2/1 In 1978 he won the governorship after months as a distant also-ran in the Democratic primary competition.

2000 M. Keyes Sushi for Beginners (2001) lxiii. 543 She experienced panic—had she become a weakling, a sap, an also-ran?

B. adj. (attributive).

That is an also-ran; of or relating to also-rans.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective]

unsped1390

unprosperous1496

speedlessa1542

successless1584

abortive1593

still-born1600

unsuccessful1617

unsuccessive1617

unsucceeding1639

insuccessful1646

birthless1649

failed1655

misproving1798

inconclusive1841

abortional1843

nonsuccessful1867

also-ran1900

1900 Engineers' List Dec. 49/1 He was drubbed..by an individual whose dexterity with the cue has earned him a place on the bottom step of the ‘also ran’ class.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 May 25/2 As a football tipster, he is in the also-ran class.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential iv. xxx. 369 The native females..are also-ran competition for Stateside girls.

1994 New Yorker 5 Dec. 149/2 Memphis's Beale Street, a thoroughfare with a storied past and an also-ran present.

2005 G. Critser Generation Rx i. 58 Trying to transform Squibb from an also-ran conglomerate into a profitable ‘drug house’, as they were then known.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	also-ran
释义	also-rann.adj. Brit. /ˈɔːlsəʊran/, /ˈɒlsəʊran/, U.S. /ˈɔlsoʊˌræn/, /ˈɑlsoʊˌræn/ Inflections: Plural also-rans, unchanged. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English also ran. Etymology: < also ran (see run v. Phrases 1c). Originally U.S. A. n. 1. A horse which fails to win (or to be placed) among the first three finishers. Hence: an athlete, team, etc., whose performance in competition is not a winning or near-winning one. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance lightweight1773 sticker1779 maiden1807 favourite1813 mile-horse1829 outsider1836 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 stoner1862 rank outsider1869 pick1872 pot1874 timer1881 resurrectionist1883 short head1883 pea1888 cert1889 stiffa1890 wrong 'un1889 on the mark1890 place horse1890 top-weight1892 miler1894 also-ran1895 selection1901 loser1902 hotpot1904 roughie1908 co-favourite1922 readier1922 springer1922 fav1935 scratch1938 no-hoper1943 shoo-in1950 scorer1974 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > that finishes in particular position throw-in1855 short head1883 place horse1890 whipper-in1892 also-ran1895 loser1902 scorer1974 1895 Daily News (Denver) 30 July 3/1 Annie Bishop, the favorite, was in the ‘also rans’. 1902 Era Nov. 519/1 The real race always lay between two or three members of the polo team who had fast ponies and the rest went to swell the ‘also rans’. 1905 Automobile 19 Oct. 448/3 It was evident..that the car was among the ‘also rans’. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock xi. 269 Sporty old three-bottle ancestors, with a genius for throwing deuces and picking also-rans. 1924 B. Pain in Nash's Mag. June 7 He is so hard that he puts the nether millstone among the also-ran. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season xxiv. 209 Dobbs..to an eye like mine, trained in the watching of point-to-point races, had all the look of an also-ran. 2006 Athletics Weekly 14 Dec. 32/4 An athlete who..leads England to cross-country team gold an amazing 55 years after winning the English Schools' can hardly be described as an also ran. 2. A person who competes in but does not win a contest, election, etc. Also: a person who or thing which attains little or no success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure botch1769 non-starter1839 schlemiel1868 also-ran1896 rinky-dink1900 flivver1915 wash-out1918 jabroni1919 bust1922 blowout1925 dropout1930 zilch1933 sad sack1943 loser1955 1896 G. Ade Artie 21 They ain't even in the ‘also rans’. 1904 Enquirer (Cincinnati) 6 Feb. 13/3 (heading) George B. Cox—He Heads The List Of Also Rans. 1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xvii. 314 I won't be among the also rans, you can bet on that... I don't weigh very much, but I'm geared high. 1946 R. A. Knox Epist. & Gospels 73 It is not enough that he should have put his name down as a candidate in the race for salvation; he may yet be found..among the also-rans, the ἀδόκιμοι, the people who are ‘counted out’. 1971 Oz 34 42/1 His [sc. Jimi Hendrix's] records generally contained..interesting little also-rans, marking-time things, ultimately just fillers. 1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 28 May a2/1 In 1978 he won the governorship after months as a distant also-ran in the Democratic primary competition. 2000 M. Keyes Sushi for Beginners (2001) lxiii. 543 She experienced panic—had she become a weakling, a sap, an also-ran? B. adj. (attributive). That is an also-ran; of or relating to also-rans. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] unsped1390 unprosperous1496 speedlessa1542 successless1584 abortive1593 still-born1600 unsuccessful1617 unsuccessive1617 unsucceeding1639 insuccessful1646 birthless1649 failed1655 misproving1798 inconclusive1841 abortional1843 nonsuccessful1867 also-ran1900 1900 Engineers' List Dec. 49/1 He was drubbed..by an individual whose dexterity with the cue has earned him a place on the bottom step of the ‘also ran’ class. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 May 25/2 As a football tipster, he is in the also-ran class. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential iv. xxx. 369 The native females..are also-ran competition for Stateside girls. 1994 New Yorker 5 Dec. 149/2 Memphis's Beale Street, a thoroughfare with a storied past and an also-ran present. 2005 G. Critser Generation Rx i. 58 Trying to transform Squibb from an also-ran conglomerate into a profitable ‘drug house’, as they were then known. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1895
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