runpast

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounrunpast (plural runpasts)

plural runpasts

  1. artsA 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

Origin

From run + past.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

runpast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runpast

MLA

“runpast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runpast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “runpast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runpast.

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