runs en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɹʌnz/
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.
Meanings
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(often, plural, plural-only, slang, with-definite-article) Diarrhea/diarrhoea.
We also had a bad case of runs since we were not used to the rich meat.
1991, Joseph A. Petak, Never Plan Tomorrow: The Saga of the Bataan Death March and Battle of Corregidor Survivors 1942-1945:He missed several days of school because he had the runs. They think it was a Norovirus infection.
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(form-of, plural) plural of run
form of run
Synonyms
the shits · diarrh(o)ea (diarrhea/diarrhoea, the squits (slang), the trots (slang), the craps (slang), the squirts (slang))
Translations (20)
scn cacareḍḍu (diarrhea) · nl racekak (diarrhea) · fr chiasse (diarrhea) · nn renneskit (diarrhea) · it cagotto (diarrhea) · uk бігу́нка (diarrhea) · gl cagarría (diarrhea) · scn cacaruni (diarrhea) · it diarrea (diarrhea) · sv ränneskita (diarrhea) · sv rännskita (diarrhea) · sv diarré (diarrhea) · scn cacareḍḍa (diarrhea) · pl biegunka (diarrhea) · scn sciota (diarrhea) · la foria (diarrhea) · fr courante (diarrhea) · it cagarella (diarrhea) · it sciolta (diarrhea) · pl sraczka (diarrhea)