runting
/ˈrʌntɪŋ/noun
1The stunting of the growth or development of an animal or plant; the birth or development of animals that are small for their kind, especially (in later use) in the contexts of laboratory breeding and intensive rearing.
2 Slang. In the ice-cream trade: the practice of giving unaccompanied children undersized portions. rare.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Garden. From runt + -ing.
- the Rota
- the rough edge (or side) of someone's tongue
- the rough end of the pineapple
- Theroux, Paul
- the rub of the green
- the rules of the game
- the Rump
- the Sahara
- the salt of the earth
- (the) same to you!
- the sands (of time) are running out
- thesaurus
- the scales fall from someone's eyes
- the scheme of things
- the school of hard knocks
- the Scillies
- these
- the Secession
- these days
- these presents
- the Serpent
- Theseus
- the seven deadly sins
- the seven seas
- the seven-year itch