/run"on', -awn'/ , adj.
1. of or designating something that is added or run on: a run-on entry in a dictionary.
2. Pros. (of a line of verse) having a thought that carries over to the next line, esp. without a syntactical break.
n.
3. run-on matter.
4. Auto. after-run.
[ 1900-05; adj., n. use of v. phrase run on ]