runabout
pronunciation
How to pronounce runabout in British English:
UK [ˈrʌnəbaʊt]
How to pronounce runabout in American English:
US [ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt]
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- Noun:
- an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
Word Origin
- runabout (n.)
- 1540s, in reference to persons, from run (v.) + about (adv.). From 1890 as a small, light type of carriage; later extended to motor cars.
Example
- 1. Sabine pulled up in her little runabout .
- 2. This is still some way from the dream of a self-contained solar runabout , but it is a start .
- 3. Runabout renovation : how to find and fix up an old fiberglass speedboat .
- 4. His father already has an audi a6 , a big german saloon , he says , but has sent him to find a family runabout .