Usually means: Small, versatile vehicle for transportation.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word runabout:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. runabout: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. runabout: Merriam-Webster
  3. runabout: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. runabout: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. runabout: Collins English Dictionary
  6. runabout: Vocabulary.com
  7. Runabout, runabout: Wordnik
  8. runabout: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. runabout: Wiktionary
  10. runabout: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. runabout: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. runabout: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. runabout: Dictionary.com
  14. Runabout (Star Trek), Runabout (boat), Runabout (car), Runabout (carriage), Runabout (series), Runabout: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. runabout: Rhymezone
  16. runabout: FreeDictionary.org
  17. runabout: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. runabout: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. runabout: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. runabout: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. runabout: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys.
noun:  (dated) A motor car having a single row of seats.
noun:  (historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels.
noun:  (archaic) A gadabout or vagabond.
noun:  (science fiction) A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft.

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