runs

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌnz/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnz

runs

1. plural of run

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.

• (diarrh(o)ea): diarrhea/diarrhoea, the squits (slang), the trots (slang), the craps (slang)

runs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of run

• URNs, nurs, urns

runs

1. romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃

• Hyphenation: runs

runs

1. plural of rum