running shoe

See also: running-shoe

English

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Noun

running shoe (plural running shoes)

  1. (British) A trainer with sharp spikes in the soles.
    She used running shoes so that she wouldn't slip.
  2. (Canada, US, Australia) A sneaker, not a cleat; a tennis shoe; a normal gym shoe.
    • 2016, Ray Wyatt, Plan Prediction: Which Policy is Preferred by Which People?, page 69:
      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.

Synonyms

spiked trainer
sneaker

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