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racer

[rey-ser]

noun

  1. a person, animal, or thing that races race or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.

  2. anything having great speed.

  3. racing skate.

  4. a turntable on which a heavy gun is turned.

  5. any of several slender, active snakes of the genera Coluber and Masticophis.



racer

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person, animal, or machine that races

  2. a turntable used to traverse a heavy gun

  3. any of several long slender nonvenomous North American snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber and related genera, such as C. lateralis ( striped racer )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • miniracer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of racer1

First recorded in 1640–50; race 1 + -er 1
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New British men's 5,000m record-holder George Mills says beating Sir Mo Farah's long-standing benchmark shows he "can be in the mix with the best" racers in the world and compete for major championship success.

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At takeover events, racers and spectators rush to an intersection and block traffic, while motorists perform stunts in a small space with little room between the asphalt they’re skidding across and the audience itself.

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He "sent it" around the outside with full commitment, and caught Piastri - an instinctive and clinical racer himself, normally - unawares.

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There has been speculation about whether the "notorious racer" duck incident was a belated April Fool's joke, but the police inspectorate said it is impossible to manipulate images on the radar system.

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Motorbike racer Morgan McLaren-Wood, who was injured in the crash which killed two fellow riders on Monday, says "there was nothing anyone could do" to prevent the tragedy.

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