Meaning of river runner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner.
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2. A person who uses such a watercraft.
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3. A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway.
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4. A person who is an experienced worker or traveler on a riverway.
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Examples

“There are many ways to go down a whitewater river. . . . If you paddle a play⟳ boat, you will play⟳. If you paddle a more stable river runner, you may play⟳ a little less or a little differently.”

“[C]heck out the Jackson Kayak Zen—it’s a full-on river runner but will still surf and flat spin⟳ nicely.”

“Books like⟳ WHITEWATER RAFTING by William McGinnis, go into great, and very necessary, detail to explain⟳ all of the hazards which the river runner may have⟳ to face⟳ and the proper procedures which should be followed to negotiate⟳ each of these.”

“"It's fabulous, spectacular, a little scary and sometimes a lot scary," John Williams, a Moab river runner for 30 years, said of the Cataract spring⟳ flood⟳.”

“A Missouri man is being charged with second-degree murder⟳ after shooting a man from a float⟳ group that he claims to have⟳ found on his property. . . . Loretta Dart, the victim's wife, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that her husband was trying to prevent⟳ an altercation between Crocker and one of the river-runners.”

“In 1919, C.P. built a true work⟳ of art, a 26-foot mahogany river runner, with a stepped hull and an aft cockpit”

“The boat, a flat-bottomed river-runner with a forty-horse jet, slides off Mac's trailer, onto crumbling shelf ice and into the river, green, translucent.”

“The river runner was a broad flat boat, capable of holding a lot of cargo.”

“[I]t was Captain Tod Halsey who had the responsibility of the whole thing. If the great marble shaft couldn't be dragged up the face⟳ of the bluff, the squint-eyed old river runner would be the loser.”

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