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running shoes

running shoes is the plural 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

Questions about running shoes

What is running shoes the plural of?
Running shoes is the plural of running shoe.

Words near running shoes in the dictionary

  1. running serviceberries
  2. running serviceberry
  3. running shed
  4. running sheds
  5. running shoe
  6. running shoes
  7. running short
  8. running someone off their feet
  9. running someone ragged
  10. running someone's file
  11. running something up the flagpole

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