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runpast

runpast noun: a staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.

Noun

runpast (plural runpasts)

  1. A staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.
    • The Znin Wask (600mm) narrow-gauge line. 0-4-0 tender/tank No T49 114 stages a photographic runpast for the WRS party.1979 August, P.R.G Kennard, “Polish steam panorama”, in Railway World, page 419, photo caption

Forms of runpast

pluralrunpasts

Origin of runpast

From run + past.

Questions about runpast

What does runpast mean?
Runpast means a staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.
What part of speech is runpast?
Runpast is a noun.
What is the plural of runpast?
The plural of runpast is runpasts.

Words near runpast in the dictionary

  1. runology
  2. runout
  3. runouts
  4. runover
  5. runovers
  6. runpast
  7. runpasts
  8. runproof
  9. runrate
  10. runrates
  11. runridge

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