Definitions for run-in

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Spelling: [ruhn-in]
IPA: /ˈrʌnˌɪn/

Run-In is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in run-in (-innru).

Definitions for run-in

noun

  1. a quarrel; argument.
  2. Printing. matter that is added to a text, especially without indenting for a new paragraph.

adjective

  1. Printing. added to a text without indenting.

Origin of run-in

First recorded in 1900-05; noun, adj. use of verb phrase run in

Examples for run-in

According to Murphy's family and local news reports, this was the teen's first run-in with the law.

Take it from me, he wasn't the kind you want to have a run-in with—any time.

We—we corrupt moderns—do expect a quickening up for the run-in.

Evi filmed her run-in at the union offices with her ever-present handheld camera.

Miss Langdon, you sure do look as if you'd been having a run-in with the governor.

I had my own run-in with these Taliban guys in Maiduguri two years ago.

Allow the generator to run for about twenty minutes to "run-in" the brush.

Wilkinson says the gel combats the “I had a run-in with a can of paint” defense.

Forget her a minute and brace yourself for a run-in with that gang of rag-chewers in there.

Reyes later laughed it off as a “run-in” over what to watch on TV that night.

Word Value for run-in
Scrable

3

Words with friends

5

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