runs

English

Etymology

Usually said to allude to the fact that an affected person is frequently running to get to a toilet immediately. Sometimes said to allude to the runniness (runny consistency) of the stool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌnz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌnz

Noun

runs

1. plural of run

Noun

runs pl (plural only)

1. (slang, often with "the") Diarrhea/diarrhoea.

   Synonym: the shits

   He missed several days of school because he had the runs. They think it was a Norovirus infection.

   • 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), the squirts (slang)

Translations

diarrhea

• Dutch: racekak (nl) m
• French: courante (fr) f, chiasse (fr) f
• Galician: cagarría (gl) f
• Italian: diarrea (it) f, sciolta (it) f, cagotto (it) m, cagarella f
• Latin: foria f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: renneskit m

• Polish: sraczka (pl) f, biegunka (pl) f
• Sicilian: cacaruni (scn) m pl
• Swedish: rännskita (sv) c, ränneskita (sv) c, diarré (sv) c

Verb

runs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of run

Anagrams

• URNs, nurs, urns

Gothic

Romanization

runs

1. romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁũs/ [ˈhũs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁũs/ [ˈhũs]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁũʃ/ [ˈχũʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁũʃ/

• Hyphenation: runs

Noun

runs

1. plural of rum