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Run

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Run definition 1

Move fast (Move fast)

"Run go buy am (Run and buy it)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Run 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Run (To run)

"Run quick quick (Run quickly)"
Run 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

መሮጥ/መሮጥ (Merot) - to run

"Start merot (Start running)"

🇳🇬 About Nigeria Slang

Nigeria has one of Africa's richest street-language traditions, blending Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and Pidgin English into a constantly evolving slang vocabulary used by over 220 million people.

KASINARY has 1854 Nigeria slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Nigeria slang (1854 words)

🌍 "Run" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Run 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Run (To run)
Run 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

መሮጥ/መሮጥ (Merot) - to run
Run 🇱🇷 Liberia

Move fast/Sprint (Run)

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