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RUNT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disparaging terms for small people

Synonyms:

half-pint; peewee; runt; shrimp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("runt" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Derivation:

runty ((used especially of persons) of inferior size)

runty (well below average height)

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