Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A swift-running, crested bird (Geococcyx californianus) of southwest North America, having streaked brownish plumage and a long tail. Also called chaparral bird, chaparral cock.
Wiktionary
- n. Either of two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, native to North and Central America. They are fast runners.
WordNet 3.0
- n. speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
Etymologies
- road + runner (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The Red Shore have just signed to metal juggernaut/label roadrunner records.”
“I wanted to ask Governor Richardson whether he was aware that the roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico.”
“we pay $45/mo. for twc's roadrunner, which is pretty reliable and pretty fast too.”
“The "roadrunner" gentleman was joined by a friend trailing a carry-on suitcase, though he looked like he was traveling no further than the floor beside his buddy.”
“BBC - Earth News - Agile 'roadrunner' dinosaur fossil discovered in China: One the most agile dinosaurs so far discovered has been unearthed in China.”
“The tiny dinosaur, dubbed a 'roadrunner' by the scientists who found it, is also one of the smallest dinosaurs known.”
“Is your "roadrunner" still something which fulfills these -- or is it a ferret you need to be chasing?”
Karen Salmansohn: If At First You Don't Succeed... Stop And Catch Your Breath
“Everyone has a "roadrunner" in their life -- a goal which seems to escape them.”
Karen Salmansohn: If At First You Don't Succeed... Stop And Catch Your Breath
“You simply got so used to chasing your "roadrunner," you forgot why you wanted to chase it -- and now in 2009 it's more relevant for you to go ferret-chasing instead.”
Karen Salmansohn: If At First You Don't Succeed... Stop And Catch Your Breath
“Dustin: According to the law, and the fcc, ISP companies such as roadrunner do not have the right to degrade or block any lawful programs, are you aware of this?”
Road Runner, Charter and Cox TOS Also Include Anti-P2P Provisions
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘roadrunner’.
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Visuals
A list of words which yield surprising, beautiful, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy images here on Wordnik.
photochrom, fufluns, thank you, cool l..., postcard, picture postcard, cricket, physiological ill..., Gakuryū Ishii, ametropia, One Froggy Evening, rhodopsin, Santiago Calatrava and 636 more...
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•Open List: Flights of Fancy
Fictitious birds. Thanks to PossibleUnderscore for the idea! (Please add a brief description under "Comments" if the creature isn't well-known.)
phoenix, quetzalcoatl, thunderbird, roc, snipe, Roly-Poly Bird, ba, griffin, sphinx, Foghorn Leghorn, Heckle and Jeckle, firebird and 166 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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tHe Best Animals Ever
giraffe, elepant, cattle, water buffalo, langur monkey, baboon, lion, antelope, cheetah, tapeworm, kangaroo, bullfrog and 102 more...
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R&R
Short phrases or names that could be shortened to R&R.
redrum, rest and recreation, R&R, railroad, ruby red, Red Ryder, Red Robin, Red Rocks, red rain, red raspberry, rock and roll, rough and ready and 25 more...
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Desert ingredients
dune, sand, wind, cactus, wadi, oasis, gibber, barchan, bilby, arroyo, mirage, heat and 59 more...
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More Bird Wirds: North America
Birds endemic to the United States and/or North America.
toucan, peacock, weaver, bullfinch, redpoll, siskin, crossbill, finch, rosy-finch, oriole, cowbird, blackbird and 213 more...
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gcherches's Words
serendipity, roadrunner, inner child, coagulant, esquire, vicissitude, idiot savant, mitigation, affirmation, affirmative, diatribe, affirmative action and 185 more...
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Masthead Staples
Words from newspaper names/titles. Not the place names or titles of specific publications, just the reusable bits.
times, courier, advocate, news, telegraph, mirror, mail, bulletin, the, post, tribune, chronical and 108 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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