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

   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?

   • 2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican‎^[1] (in English), →ISBN:

     “DI RUNNINGS: The natural order of things, how things are done, what is to be expected etc. […] ”

Derived terms

• cool runnings (“all the best”)