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running-shoe

running-shoe is the dated form of running shoe.

Meaning of running shoe

Noun

running shoe (plural running shoes)

  1. (UK) A trainer with sharp spikes in the soles.
    • She used running shoes so that she wouldn't slip.
  2. (Australia, Canada, US) A sneaker, not a cleat; a tennis shoe; a normal gym shoe.
    • For example, if some people are wearing their joggers as fashion statement rather than as injury preventers, then perhaps their plan to buy expensive running shoes is actually sound.2016, Ray Wyatt, Plan Prediction: Which Policy is Preferred by Which People?, page 69

Forms of running-shoe

pluralrunning-shoes

Questions about running-shoe

What is running-shoe the dated form of?
Running-shoe is the dated form of running shoe.

Words near running-shoe in the dictionary

  1. running with scissors
  2. running with the hare and hunting with the hounds
  3. running Ws
  4. running-mate
  5. running-mates
  6. running-shoe
  7. running-shoes
  8. runningback
  9. runningbacks
  10. runningly
  11. runnings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running-shoe (page history and authors); running shoe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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