Runaholic

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is addicted to running. informal

    "One such woman complained, "My husband has become a 'runaholic'. He constantly talks about his running time, his equipment, people he has seen doing unusual things while he was running and on and on and on. […]"

Example

More examples

"One such woman complained, "My husband has become a 'runaholic'. He constantly talks about his running time, his equipment, people he has seen doing unusual things while he was running and on and on and on. […]"

Etymology

From run + -aholic.

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