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  noun 1. an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind. 2. the smallest or weakest of a litter, especially of pigs or puppies. 3. a person who is small and contemptible: That runt causes most of the trouble at the meetings. 4. British Dialect. an old or decayed tree […]

• Run the gamut

  run the gamut [(gam-uht)] To cover a whole range: “The students’ reactions to the novel ran the gamut from delight to loathing.” run the gamut Extend over an entire range, as in His music runs the gamut from rock to classical. This expression alludes to the medieval musical scale of Guido d’Arezzo, gamut being a […]

• Run-the-gauntlet

  noun, Also, gantlet (for defs 1, 2, 4). 1. a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed. 2. the two rows of men administering this punishment. 3. an attack from two or all sides. […]

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