Rundown (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral: This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.
  2. a play in which a base runner is caught between bases by two or more players of the opposing team who toss the ball back and forth in an effort to tag the runner out.
  3. runoff (def. 4).
adjective
  1. fatigued; weary; exhausted.
  2. in a state of poor health: He was in a run-down condition from months of overwork.
  3. in neglected condition; fallen into disrepair: a run-down house.
  4. (of a spring-operated device) not running because it is unwound.
verb (mainly adverb)
  1. to cause or allow (an engine, battery, etc) to lose power gradually and cease to function or (of an engine, battery, etc) to do this
  2. to decline or reduce in number or size
  3. to tire, sap the strength of, or exhaust
  4. to criticize adversely; denigrate; decry
  5. to hit and knock to the ground with a moving vehicle
  6. nautical
    • to collide with and cause to sink
    • to navigate so as to move parallel to (a coast)
  7. to pursue and find or capture
  8. to read swiftly or perfunctorily
adjective run-down
  1. tired; exhausted
  2. worn-out, shabby, or dilapidated
noun rundown
  1. a brief review, résumé, or summary
  2. the process of a motor or mechanism coming gradually to a standstill after the source of power is removed
  3. a reduction in number or size
Rundown (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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