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English
Pronunciation
Noun
runs
- plural of run
Noun
runs pl (plural only)
- (slang, often with "the") Diarrhea/diarrhoea.
- He had the runs.
1991, Joseph A. Petak, Never Plan Tomorrow: The Saga of the Bataan Death March and Battle of Corregidor Survivors 1942-1945:We also had a bad case of runs since we were not used to the rich meat.
Synonyms
- (diarrh(o)ea): diarrhea/diarrhoea, the squits (slang), the trots (slang), the craps (slang)
Translations
Verb
runs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of run
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
runs
- Romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
runs
- plural of rum