RUN-IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does run-in mean? 

• RUN-IN (noun)
  The noun RUN-IN has 1 sense:

1. an angry dispute

  Familiarity information: RUN-IN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUN-IN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angry dispute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle

Context example:

they had words

Hypernyms ("run-in" is a kind of...):

conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "run-in"):

affray; altercation; fracas (noisy quarrel)

bicker; bickering; fuss; pettifoggery; spat; squabble; tiff (a quarrel about petty points)

bust-up (a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship))