Rundown

Quick meaning: Rundown is a noun meaning (gambling) A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.

Meaning

(gambling) A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.

More Meanings

1. (baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
2. (countable, uncountable) A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
3. A reduction, e.g. of an activity, or in the size of something, such as a fleet.
4. Alternative form of run-down.
5. (chiefly with definite article "the") A rough outline of a topic or situation.

Example Sentences

Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?

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

Comes post-time, and I am at the bookie joint listening the running descriptions and rundowns, […]

The rundown of LNER's Class 91/Mk 4 fleet continues, with two more locomotives sent for store at Doncaster and a rake of coaches moving to Worksop,

Word Forms

• rundowns

Synonyms for rundown

Depending on context, synonyms include ramshackle, summation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include summation, compendium, summary, conclusion, top, reducing.

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