drag race

noun

1. a race between two or more automobiles starting from a standstill, the winner being the car that can accelerate the fastest.

drag race

noun

1. a type of motor race in which specially built or modified cars or motorcycles are timed over a measured course

Other Word Forms

• drag racer noun
• drag racing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of drag race¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Somewhere in all of the D-list rump shaking, the sparkliest series outside of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has become strangely meaningful.

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The former Drag Race UK queen had spent weeks rehearsing and creating costumes for the performance at the city's Sackville Gardens in August.

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Then James Lee Williams, who won the first season of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK performing as The Vivienne, also died in similar circumstances.

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Saki Yew, who was on RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2024, said she'd had "no communication and no answer" on her fee.

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In April 2024, High Court judge Mrs Justice Collins Rice ruled in favour of now-Stonewall chief executive Mr Blake and the ex-RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant Crystal, whose real name is Colin Seymour, and ordered he pay them £90,000 each in damages.

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