sports car

Or sport car

noun

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

sports car

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sports car¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Chadwick, 27, is close to being the first female driver to compete at the top level of sports car racing for several years.

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Our romance started at the end of the production with a drive across Europe in his new Alfa Romeo sports car, but we’d really only been together six or so weeks since then.

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Phypers has asked to keep their assets and debts as separate property, including his power tools, motorcycle and sports car, legal documents showed.

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When Ford CEO Jim Farley launched the Lightning five years ago he promised a pickup as fast as a sports car and as affordable as a conventional truck.

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They adopted a massive German shepherd named Eck von Heinerberg, and the three of them crowded into the front seat of the sports car for epic drives through the Turkish countryside.

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Related Words

• convertible 
• two-seater