rundown

rundown

See also: run-down and run down

English

Noun

rundown (plural rundowns)

1. A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown.

   Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?

2. (baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.

   Smith is caught in a rundown, but Jones will come around to score.

3. A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.

Translations

a rough outline

French: topo (fr) m

Italian: punti salienti m pl

baseball: defensive play

Catalan: corre-corre (ca) m

Adjective

rundown (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of run-down

Synonyms

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Translations

run-down — see run-down

Anagrams

• undrown