runabout

UK: /ˈrʌnəbaʊt/ US: /ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt/ ,(run′ə bout′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

run•a•bout /ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt/   n. [countable]

1. Automotive a small, light automobile or motorboat.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

run•a•bout  (run′ə bout′), n. 

1. Automotive a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top;
   roadster.
2. Nautical, Naval Terms a small pleasure motorboat.
3. a person who roves around from place to place or group to group.

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase run about 1540–50

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runabout / ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt/, runaround / ˈrʌnəraʊnd/ noun

1. a small car, esp one for use in a town

verb run about

1. (intr, adverb) to move busily from place to place