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racer

American  
[rey-ser] / ˈreɪ sər /

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 British  
/ ˈreɪsə /

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 )

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Other Word Forms

  • miniracer noun

Etymology

Origin of racer

First recorded in 1640–50; race 1 + -er 1

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