Rundown

English

Noun

Rundown (plural Rundowns)

1. A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown.

   Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?

2. (baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.

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

Adjective

rundown, also run down

1. Old and in bad repair.

Synonyms

• bedraggled
• broken-down
• dilapidated
• ramshackle
• ruinous
• tatterdemalion
• tumbledown

Thesaurus

airmanship, brief, briefing, core, essence, flight plan, flying lessons, gist, main point, meat, pilot training, pilotship, pith, recap, recapitulation, resume, run-through, substance, sum, sum and substance, summary, summation, washout

Translations

Adjective

old and in bad repair

Finnish: huonokuntoinen (fi), rappio- (fi)

German: abgewirtschaftet (de)