sports car

American  

Or sport car

noun

• sports cars
  plural

1. a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usually seating two persons.

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sports car British  

noun

1. a production car designed for speed, high acceleration, and manoeuvrability, having a low body and usually adequate seating for only two persons

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sports cars
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of sports car

First recorded in 1920–25

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• muscle car vs. sports car

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Example Sentences

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sports car

The sleek white sports car drove upside down, thrust itself into the air and performed a flip over a lineup of other Tesla vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Leiters declared Porsche would never make an electric 911 but said he was won over by an electric 718 Boxster sports car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The company on Thursday hosted a demonstration of its Roadster 2.0, an all-electric sports car featuring the company’s impressive technology.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

A new version of Tesla's Roadster electric sports car, equipped with thrusters which apparently allow it to hover and turn in mid-air, has been unveiled in Texas.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sitting there in the sports car before the main building at Mandeville with the huge box of Dutch cookies on her lap, she must have made the authority a little suspicious, Mr. Levy thought.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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