runnings

See also: Runnings

English

Noun

runnings

  1. plural of running

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Literally, "how things are run."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnɪnz/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧nnings

Noun

runnings

  1. How a system or bureaucracy works; how people operate; the status quo
    • 2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English), →ISBN:
      “DI RUNNINGS: The natural order of things, how things are done, what is to be expected etc. []
    Ef yuh waan eat a food out yah, yuh haffi know di runnings, yuh zimmi?
    If you want to be successful in this place, you need to know how the system works, a'ight?

Derived terms

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