runabout
English
noun
Definitions
- Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys.
- (dated) A motor car having a single row of seats.
- (historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels.
- (archaic) A gadabout or vagabond.
Etymology
Compound from English run + English about.
Origin
English
about
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- about-face English
- aboutness English
- abouts English
- atren English
- atrin English
- autorun English
- bobrun English
- cast about English
- eastabout English
- forerun English
- freerun English
- haulabout English
- hereabout English
- inrun English
- interrun English
- intrarun English
- kickabout English
- knockabout English
- layabout English
- midrun English
- millrun English
- monkey run English
- moonrun English
- multirun English
- nearabout English
- nearabouts English
- nonrun English
- outrun English
- overrun English
- payrun English
- prerun English
- raceabout English
- rerun English
- roundabout English
- run English
- run time English
- run-up English
- runahead English
- runaholic English
- runathon English
- runaway English
- runback English
- rundale English
- runholder English
- runholding English
- runless English
- runlet English
- runlevel English
- runman English
- runnable English
- runned English
- runnel English
- runner English
- runnest English
- runneth English
- runny English
- runoff English
- runout English
- runproof English
- runrate English
- runridge English
- runscorer English
- runway English
- speedrun English
- state-run English
- stirabout English
- tearabout English
- thenabout English
- thereabout English
- tourabout English
- turnabout English
- ultrarun English
- underrun English
- unrun English
- uprun English
- westabout English
- whenabout English
- whereabout English
- whirlabout English
- runnen Dutch, Flemish
- アバウト Japanese
- be Old English
- būtan Old English
- on Old English
- ūtan Old English
- aboute Middle English
- runnen Middle English
- रन Hindi
- nabaut Tok Pisin
- ran Tok Pisin
- lon Sranan Tongo
- run
- atrin
- atren
- inrun
- uprun
- about
- unrun
- runny
- rerun
- run-up
- runlet
- bobrun
- nonrun
- runway
- runned
- runnel
- prerun
- midrun
- payrun
- runout
- abouts
- runoff
- outrun
- runner
- runman
- runaway
- forerun
- rundale
- overrun
- runrate
- runnest
- runless
- millrun
- autorun
- runback
- moonrun
- freerun
- runneth
- multirun
- layabout
- speedrun
- runahead
- runridge
- run time
- underrun
- runlevel
- ultrarun
- runnable
- intrarun
- interrun
- runproof
- runathon
- tourabout
- tearabout
- whenabout
- aboutness
- eastabout
- runaholic
- stirabout
- westabout
- runholder
- haulabout
- kickabout
- runscorer
- state-run
- nearabout
- thenabout
- raceabout
- hereabout
- turnabout
- whirlabout
- thereabout
- runholding
- about-face
- roundabout
- whereabout
- cast about
- knockabout
- nearabouts
- monkey run