English-Thai Dictionary
run-in
N การ ทะเลาะเบาะแว้ง fight kan-ta-lor-bor-wang
New American Oxford Dictionary
run-in
run-in |ˈrən ˌɪn | ▶noun 1 informal a disagreement or fight, esp. with someone in an official position: a run-in with armed police in Rio | humorous : a run-in with a parking meter. 2 [ usu. in sing. ] Brit. the approach to an action or event: the final run-in to the World Cup. • the home stretch of a racecourse.
Oxford Dictionary
run-in
run-in ▶noun 1 Brit. the approach to an action or event: the final run-in to the World Cup. • the home stretch of a racecourse. • a period during which an engine or other device is run in. 2 informal a disagreement or fight, especially with someone in an official position: a run-in with armed police in Rio. • a collision: a run-in with a parking meter.
American Oxford Thesaurus
run-in
run-in noun informal his latest run-in with the authorities: disagreement, argument, dispute, altercation, confrontation, contretemps, quarrel; brush, encounter, tangle, blowup, fight, clash; informal spat, scrap, row.
Oxford Thesaurus
run-in
run-in noun informal his latest run-in with the authorities: disagreement, argument, dispute, difference of opinion, altercation, confrontation, contretemps, quarrel; brush, encounter, tangle; fight, clash, skirmish, tussle; informal set-to, dust-up, shindig, shindy, spat, scrap; Brit. informal row; Scottish informal rammy.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
run-in
r ú n- ì n 名詞 C 1 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆口論, けんか .2 追い込み, 終盤戦 .3 〘印 〙追い込み項目 .