| 1. instance of jogging or moving quickly; distance, range; journey, trip; track, path; series, sequence; tear in a nylon stocking; aggressive effort. jog or move at a pace faster than that of walking; flee, escape; pass, vanish; operate, activate; manage, direct; become; carry out, fulfill; continue, last; leak, drip; spread; compete. runrun , v. i. [imp. ran or run; p. p. run; p. pr. & vb. n. running.] [oe. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). as. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to d. runnen, rennen, os. & ohg. rinnan, g. rinnen, rennen, icel. renna, rinna, sw. rinna, r?nna, dan. rinde, rende, goth. rinnan, and perh. to l. oriri to rise, gr. to stir up, rouse, skr. (cf. origin), or perh. to l. rivus brook (cf. rival) |
| 2. To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; said of things animate or inanimate |