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runny

run·ny
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ruhn-ee]
    • /ˈrʌn i/
    • /ˈrʌn.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ruhn-ee]
    • /ˈrʌn i/

Definitions of runny word

  • adjective runny tending to run or drip: a runny paste. 1
  • adjective runny (of the nose) discharging mucus. 1
  • adjective runny Something that is runny is more liquid than usual or than was intended. 0
  • adjective runny If someone has a runny nose or runny eyes, liquid is flowing from their nose or eyes. 0
  • adjective runny tending to flow; liquid 0
  • adjective runny (of the nose or nasal passages) exuding mucus 0

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Origin of runny

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; run + -y1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Runny

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

runny popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for runny

adj runny

  • aqueous — In chemistry, an aqueous solution or cream has water as its base.
  • deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
  • dissolvable — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
  • fluid — a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
  • fluidic — the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, especially controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices.

adjective runny

  • dissolved — That has been disintegrated in a solvent.
  • doused — Simple past tense and past participle of douse.
  • gooey — like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
  • liquefied — Alternative spelling of liquified.
  • liquid — composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.

Antonyms for runny

adjective runny

  • dehydrated — (of organisms) deprived of vital water or moisture

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