"runabout" meaning in All languages combined

See runabout on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: runabouts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from run about. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|run about}} Deverbal from run about Head templates: {{en-noun}} runabout (plural runabouts)
  1. Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys. Categories (topical): Carriages
    Sense id: en-runabout-en-noun-OF7yUtQI Disambiguation of Carriages: 37 20 16 14 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 17 25 22
  2. (dated) A motor car having a single row of seats. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-runabout-en-noun-XJtetkfe
  3. (historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-runabout-en-noun-lnF2TdYb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 17 25 22
  4. (archaic) A gadabout or vagabond. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-runabout-en-noun-RkmLQo5b Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 16 13 36 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 17 25 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 17 32 21
  5. (science fiction) A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft. Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-runabout-en-noun-7RiTDTY3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 17 25 22 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: run-around, runaround, tourabout

Noun [French]

Forms: runabouts [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} runabout m (plural runabouts)
  1. runabout (motor vehicle) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-runabout-fr-noun-qOTPvEym Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for runabout meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "run about"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from run about",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from run about.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runabouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "runabout (plural runabouts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "run-around"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "runaround"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tourabout"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 7 17 25 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 20 16 14 13",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Carriages",
          "orig": "en:Carriages",
          "parents": [
            "Vehicles",
            "Machines",
            "Transport",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys."
      ],
      "id": "en-runabout-en-noun-OF7yUtQI",
      "links": [
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "motor car",
          "motor car"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A motor car having a single row of seats."
      ],
      "id": "en-runabout-en-noun-XJtetkfe",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A motor car having a single row of seats."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 7 17 25 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels."
      ],
      "id": "en-runabout-en-noun-lnF2TdYb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 16 13 36 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 7 17 25 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 7 17 32 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gadabout or vagabond."
      ],
      "id": "en-runabout-en-noun-RkmLQo5b",
      "links": [
        [
          "gadabout",
          "gadabout"
        ],
        [
          "vagabond",
          "vagabond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A gadabout or vagabond."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Science fiction",
          "orig": "en:Science fiction",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 7 17 25 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft."
      ],
      "id": "en-runabout-en-noun-7RiTDTY3",
      "links": [
        [
          "science fiction",
          "science fiction"
        ],
        [
          "maneuverable",
          "maneuverable"
        ],
        [
          "spacecraft",
          "spacecraft"
        ],
        [
          "shuttlecraft",
          "shuttlecraft"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(science fiction) A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "science-fiction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "runabout"
  ],
  "word": "runabout"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runabouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "runabout m (plural runabouts)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "runabout (motor vehicle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-runabout-fr-noun-qOTPvEym",
      "links": [
        [
          "runabout",
          "runabout#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "runabout"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English deverbals",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Carriages"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "run about"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from run about",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from run about.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runabouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "runabout (plural runabouts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "run-around"
    },
    {
      "word": "runaround"
    },
    {
      "word": "tourabout"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "motor car",
          "motor car"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A motor car having a single row of seats."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A motor car having a single row of seats."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gadabout or vagabond."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gadabout",
          "gadabout"
        ],
        [
          "vagabond",
          "vagabond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A gadabout or vagabond."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Science fiction"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "science fiction",
          "science fiction"
        ],
        [
          "maneuverable",
          "maneuverable"
        ],
        [
          "spacecraft",
          "spacecraft"
        ],
        [
          "shuttlecraft",
          "shuttlecraft"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(science fiction) A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "science-fiction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "runabout"
  ],
  "word": "runabout"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runabouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "runabout m (plural runabouts)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "runabout (motor vehicle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "runabout",
          "runabout#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "runabout"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.