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Definition of Running shoe
1. Noun. A light comfortable shoe designed for running.
Definition of Running shoe
1. Noun. One of a pair of running shoes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Shoe
Literary usage of Running shoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1998)
"Pronation It is important to understand this term because the type of running
shoe you buy depends on whether you are a normal, over-, or under-pronator. ..."
2. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"Two designs of third rail are used : The "over-running shoe" third rail system
... The " under-running shoe " third rail system is in use on the "West Shore ..."
3. Cycling by William Coutts Keppel Albemarle (1901)
"One point, for example, which has been alluded to above, may be cited ; many
ordinary shoemakers steadily refuse to make a light running-shoe ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1895)
"Some of the best track athletes in the great colleges never saw a running-shoe
until they came to college, and, beginning as perfectly untrained men, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Athletic apparatus of every kind has been improved in modern limes, but the spiked
running-shoe may be said to represent the sole advantage enjoyed by the ..."
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