Definitions for rundown

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rundown run·down

Spelling: [ruhn-doun]

IPA: /ˈrʌnˌdaʊn/

Rundown is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in rundown (dnnoruw).

Definitions for rundown

noun

1. a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral:
2. Baseball. 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. Commerce. runoff (def 4).

adjective

1. fatigued; weary; exhausted.
2. in a state of poor health:
3. in neglected condition; fallen into disrepair:
4. (of a spring-operated device) not running because it is unwound.

Origin of rundown

1905-10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase run down

Examples for rundown

The quarters and work areas were too small for both of us, and after he gave me the rundown I wanted to get started on my own.

Additional film credits include The rundown, The Kingdom, Hancock, Battleship, and the upcoming Cocaine Cowboys.

And by this logic, operatives said, MSNBC is OK, so long as candidates stick to Morning Joe or The Daily rundown.

But he was in a dreadfully exhausted and rundown condition—nearly starved indeed.

Between mouthfuls, the two older people gave him a rundown on the morning's mishaps.

Here, a rundown of the most interesting facts and figures from the 2013 Oscar nominations.

Then her glance swept him swiftly from bared head to rundown heel.

A northerner passing a rundown looking place in the South, stopped to chat with the farmer.

Greg drove from the rundown district faster than the law allowed.

Akin retiterated this sentiment about his perceived Democratic war on women during his Daily rundown segment this morning.