A runny nose
Oxford Essential Dictionary
runny
adjective (runnier, runniest)
runny
adjective (runnier, runniest)
1 If you have a runny nose, a lot of liquid comes out of it, for example because you have a cold.
2 If a substance is runny, it has more liquid than is usual:
Omelettes should be runny in the middle.
1 If you have a runny nose, a lot of liquid comes out of it, for example because you have a cold.
2 If a substance is runny, it has more liquid than is usual:
Omelettes should be runny in the middle.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
runny
run‧ny /ˈrʌni/ BrE AmE adjective informal
[Word Family: noun: ↑run, ↑rerun, ↑runner, ↑running, ↑overrun; verb: ↑run, ↑outrun, ↑overrun, ↑rerun; adjective: ↑running, ↑runny; adverb: ↑running]
1. a runny nose, runny eyes etc have liquid coming out of them, usually because you have a cold
2. food that is runny is not as solid or thick as normal or as desired:
The butter had gone runny in the heat.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
runny
runny [runny runnier runniest] [ˈrʌni] [ˈrʌni] adjective (run·nier, run·ni·est)
1. (of your nose or eyes) producing a lot of liquid, for example when you have a cold
• I think I'm getting a cold— I've got a sore throat and a runny nose.
2. having more liquid than is usual; not solid
• runny honey
• Omelettes should be runny in the middle.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
runny / ˈrʌn.i / adjective
more liquid than usual:
The sauce looked runny so I added some more flour.
If your nose is runny, it is producing more mucus than usual, usually because you are ill:
I've got a runny nose .
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
runny
/rʌni/
(runnier, runniest)
1.
Something that is runny is more liquid than usual or than was intended.
Warm the honey until it becomes runny.
ADJ
2.
If someone has a runny nose or runny eyes, liquid is flowing from their nose or eyes.
Symptoms are streaming eyes, a runny nose, headache and a cough.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
runny
run·ny /ˈrʌni/ adj run·ni·er; -est
1 of a food : soft and with a lot of liquid
• The scrambled eggs are runny.
• The pudding is runnier than I like it.
2 : having a thin flow of liquid flowing out
• a little boy with a runny nose
• My eyes felt itchy and runny.