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[ ruhn-tee ] / ˈrʌn ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR runty ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, runt·i·er, runt·i·est.stunted; dwarfish: The runty puppy seems the most playful of the litter. Origin of runtyFirst recorded in 1800–10; runt + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM runtyrunt·i·ness, nounWords nearby runtyrun time, run to, run to earth, run to form, run to seed, runty, runup, runway, run wild, run with, Runyon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for runtyWhy should the son of a mountain need affirmation from runty Portugees with pencil stubs behind their ears and scarred fingers? Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow Three such smilin' faces as yours turned right up at him would produce a shadder, Runty. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg When you pick the good cockerels pick out all runty looking pullets and cut off the last joint of the hind toe. The Dollar Hen|Milo M. Hastings "You won't always be runty, Grunty, if you eat a plenty," Mrs. Pig often told him. The Tale of Grunty Pig|Arthur Scott Bailey
Words related to runtysmall, thick, tiny, low, abbreviated, poor, limited, short, paltry, slight, meager, young, miniature, modest, cramped, microscopic, narrow, minuscule, small-scale, compact |