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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. a turntable on which a heavy gun is turned.
  4. 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 51Թ Forms

  • i·e noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of racer1

First recorded in 1640–50; race 1 + -er 1
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There are fewer than 30 greyhound racers left in the country.

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He is a decisive, clinical racer who is not to be intimidated.

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A gifted computer programmer, avid skydiver and motorcycle racer, Landi had been a man on the lam for roughly a decade.

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James Anderson, 30, from Wrexham, is an elite downhill mountain biking racer and said the news was "amazing," and he "will definitely be going to watch".

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A woman became the latest victim of illegal street racers in Los Angeles after she was struck down in a roadway Saturday by one of two speeding drivers, L.A. police said.

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