racer

American  

[ray-ser] / ˈreɪ sər /

noun

• racers
  plural

1. a person, animal, or thing that races 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.

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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

Derived Forms

• miniracer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• racers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of racer

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

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Example Sentences

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"I don't know if we'll ever drive IndyCars around the nation's capital again, so the fact we're doing it is a spectacle," US racer Josef Newgarden said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

We published our own magazines, built our own automotive businesses and, for good and bad, promoted our own outlaw street racer image and our own beauty standard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Frozen Planet II also pioneered the use of racer drones, which captured the terrifying experience of flying down a mountainside alongside an avalanche.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

I grabbed the phone like a relay racer taking the baton.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

A team in South Africa hosts all-female drag races, while the popular reality TV show The Fastest in Arabic has raised the profile of women racers in the Middle East.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

In Montgomery City, Mo., Mr. Moskowitz observes, “people got out in their nightclothes to see the racers roar through” at 3:50 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Trains went cross-country in four days, nearly six times as fast as the racers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Amateur racers, pimped-out coupes, woodies and ragtops, sedate sedans and souped-up hot rods, all shared the brand-new, wide-open freeways and boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

There Levi would face off against pilots from around the country, in front of seventy-five thousand fans, on a track where the racers could dash along at speeds exceeding thirty miles per hour.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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