The word is in the Wiktionary

9 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• runabout n. Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys.
• runabout n. (Dated) A motor car having a single row of seats.
• runabout n. (Historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels.
• runabout n. (Archaic) A gadabout or vagabond.
• runabout n. (Science fiction) A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft.
• run␣about v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about.
• run␣about v. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.

— In French —

• runabout n.m. À la fin du XIX^e siècle et au début du XX^e, véhicule hippomobile…
• runabout n.m. (Marine) Vers les années 1930, sous l’influence américaine…

56 English words from 7 English definitions

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8 English words from 2 foreign definitions

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8 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

À␣la␣fin américaine années hippomobile siècle véhicule XIXe XXe

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

runabouts

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

abo Abo ABO Åbo A/B/O about bout Bout 'bout nab NAB -nab nab- -nab- out out- run Una UNA

15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Anu ANU añu ban Ban BAN Banu nur Nur oba OBA Oba. oban Oban Tuoba

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

about-turn about␣turn runabouts runs␣about turnabout turn-about turn␣about

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aburton a-burton autorun burnout burn␣out outburn unabort

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

ran␣about

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

runs␣about

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