running shoes

running shoes pl (normally plural, singular running shoe)

1. (Britain) Trainers with sharp spikes in the soles.

   She used running shoes so that she wouldn't slip.

2. (Canada, US, Australia) Sneakers, not cleats; tennis shoes; normal gym shoes.

   • 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.