| running | moving quickly on foot |
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| running | leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be |
| running | (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage |
| running | any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America |
| running | a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars |
| running | a football play in which a player runs with the ball |
| running | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper |
| running | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book |
| running | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book |
| running | light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction |
| running | a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices |
| running | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot |