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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
runny
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
runny (=with liquid coming out)
▪ A runny nose may be the result of an allergic reaction.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
nose
▪ Sore throat, runny nose, head like a cottage loaf.
▪ She put her arms around his waist; her tears and runny nose wet his shirt.
▪ Reintroducing those foods brings the bad behaviour back along with the wheezing or runny nose.
▪ And you have to consult baby pictures to remember what your kids looked like without raw, runny noses.
▪ An allergic reaction can often be nothing more than red eyes, a runny nose, or a touch of wheeziness.
▪ With the runny nose there could be a problem with the sinuses or the pony may be a catarrh sufferer.
▪ And I would be standing there with my runny nose.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
runny custard
▪ a boiled egg with a runny yolk
▪ The scrambled eggs were a little bit runny.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add water if pilaf is getting too dry; pilaf should end up moist but not runny.
▪ And you have to consult baby pictures to remember what your kids looked like without raw, runny noses.
▪ I've caught Tom's horrid runny cold!
▪ Reintroducing those foods brings the bad behaviour back along with the wheezing or runny nose.
▪ Scrambled eggs and omelets from this product, however, were wet, runny, and lacked the egg aroma.
▪ She put her arms around his waist; her tears and runny nose wet his shirt.
▪ The woman's dark like runny chocolate, her skin all smooth and beautiful.
▪ They look all right but taste bland and the filling turns to runny brown jam once warmed up.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
runny

1817, from run (v.) + -y (2).

Wiktionary
runny

a. 1 fluid; capable of flowing 2 liable to run or drip

WordNet
runny
  1. adj. characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape [syn: fluid]

  2. [also: runniest, runnier]

Usage examples of "runny".

They were faraway cheeses with strange sounding names, cheeses like Treble Wibbley, Waney Tastey, Old Argg, Red Runny and the legendary Lancre Blue, which had to be nailed to the table to stop it attacking other cheeses.

Sam Vimes said you probably like the yolk runny and some toast cut up into soldiers.

Instead, there was a noise like scissors closing and the air rained runny yolk and bits of shell.

He hoped the congregation would take it to heart when the collection basket was shaken under their runny noses.

Look at him there, she thought to herself -- breakfast in bed and complaining about his runny eggs.

And you report every runny nose and every cough and every itch- We do have a biological isolation chamber we can set up.

North Runny firemen were full of themselves because with the help of Julius and Napoleon Rife they had recently bought a fire truck with a seventy-five-foot ladder.

As Joe Bob sat down again, Hap took a Kleenex from the box next to the cash register, wiped his runny nose, and folded it into the pocket of his greasy overall.

All he could remember was that he had also awakened with a headache and a runny nose.

But there were plenty of sneezes and runny noses to go around in any city.

Gus, who felt perfectly fine until yesterday, had come down with a runny nose himself.

She shuddered as she squirted the runny yellow stuff down one side of the hot dog.

He picked up his fork and poked at his four runny eggs, a side of pancakes, three strips of soggy bacon, and a stack of toast.

Men with newspaper serving as soles for their shoes, with ragged clothes and ragged faces, with dull eyes and runny noses, with unshaved jowls and uncut hair.

Nana Mae said, and Sarah shook her head, watching Nana Mae catch the bloody, runny mess in a sack.