roadrunner

1. 1.

   speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas

   Synonymschaparral cockGeococcyx californianus

   Broadercuckoo

   Part ofGeococcyx

Other forms of roadrunner

plural

roadrunners·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about roadrunner

What does roadrunner mean?

roadrunner means "speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas".

How many syllables are in roadrunner?

roadrunner has 3 syllables: roa-drun-ner. The stress falls on "roa". In IPA it is /ˈɹoʊˌdɹʌnɚ/.

What is another word for roadrunner?

Close synonyms include chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roadrunner a common word?

roadrunner is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.