1. (

• smuggler ,
• runner ,
• contrabandist ,
• moon_curser ,
• moon-curser

) someone who imports or exports without paying duties ;

2. (

• runner ,

) someone who travels on foot by running ;

3. (

• runner ,

) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract" ;

4. (

• base_runner ,
• runner ,

) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) ;

5. (

• stolon ,
• runner ,
• offset

) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips ;

6. (

• runner

) a trained athlete who competes in foot races ;

7. (

• ball_carrier ,
• runner ,

) (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play ;

8. (

• runner ,

) a long narrow carpet ;

9. (

• runner

) device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along ;

10. (

• runner ,
• blue_runner ,
• Caranx_crysos

) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil ;