Usually means: Escaping control or confinement quickly.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. runaway: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. runaway: Merriam-Webster
  3. runaway: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. runaway: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. runaway: Collins English Dictionary
  6. runaway: Vocabulary.com
  7. Runaway, runaway: Wordnik
  8. runaway: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. runaway: Wiktionary
  10. runaway: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. runaway: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. runaway: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Runaway, runaway: Dictionary.com
  14. runaway (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. runaway: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Runaway: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. runaway: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. runaway: Rhymezone
  20. Runaway: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. runaway: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. runaway: FreeDictionary.org
  23. runaway: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. runaway: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Runaway: Cybernetics and Systems
  2. runaway: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Runaway: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
noun:  A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
noun:  (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
noun:  The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
noun:  An overwhelming victory.
adjective:  Having run away; escaped; fugitive.
adjective:  (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
adjective:  Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping.
adjective:  Easily won, as a contest.
adjective:  Accelerating out of control.
adjective:  Unchecked; rampant.
adjective:  (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.

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