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racer

ˈreɪsər
WordNet
Inn interior with a district racer under a drinking song to the tune of La Grideline.
Inn interior with a district racer under a drinking song to the tune of La Grideline.
  1. (n) racer
    slender fast-moving North American snakes
  2. (n) racer
    an animal that races
  3. (n) racer
    a fast car that competes in races
  4. (n) racer
    someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Racer
    (Mil) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.
  2. Racer
    One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse. "And bade the nimblest racer seize the prize."
  3. Racer
    (Zoöl) The common American black snake.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) racer
    One who races; a runner or contestant in a race or in races of any kind.
  2. (n) racer
    A race-horse.
  3. (n) racer
    Hence, anything having great speed.
  4. (n) racer
    In a braiding-machine, a traversing support for tension and spool-holding apparatus.
  5. (n) racer
    A snake of the genus Scotophis (or Coluber), S. obsoletus, also called pilot black-snake or pilot-snake, It is black, with a mottled black and yellow belly, and has the median dorsal scales carinated.
  6. (n) racer
    A snake, Bascanion constrictor, the common black-snake of the eastern United States. It is blue or blue-black, with greenish-blue belly, and has smooth scales.
  7. (n) racer
    A poor, thin, or spent fish; a slink: applied to mackerel, shad, salmon, etc.
  8. (n) racer
    A sandcrab. See Ocypoda
  9. (n) racer
    Same as race-plate.
  10. (n) racer
    In the Southern States, applied to the corn-snake, Callopeltis getulus, a large harmless snake of a reddish-brown color with redder markings.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Racer
    one who races: a racehorse
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. rǽs, stream; Ice. rás, rapid course.

Usage in the news

While most Florida racers do not make the almost 14 hour drive (from Miami and it is much longer in an RV) to Bryson City, dedicated Scoot Skate and Bike Co. miaminewtimes.com

NHRA Nitro Special sparks October issue of RACER. racer.com

Cole actually began his career as a BMX racer, riding without training wheels at age 2. espn.go.com

' Senna ' drives Formula One racer's story home. jsonline.com

The greatest of all Grand Prix racers gets a movie worthy of his name. dailypress.com

' Senna ' is a thrilling look at a Formula One racer who lived on the edge. nj.com

Spirit of a Racer in a Dog's Blood. nytimes.com

If you want a look at where the next great bike racers will emerge, you could do worse than to head to tiny Silver City . bicycling.com

This time last year, racers were faced with 20+mph winds, hail, snow, rain, and sub 50deg temps. rccaraction.com

Every year in the USA there is one race that seems to attract racers from foreign countries more so than any other event, why is that. rccaraction.com

The Silver State Nitro Challenge has been attracting racers from throughout the world for years. rccaraction.com

A skateboard race was interrupted – at least for one racer - by a deer. catcountry1073.com

There were 219 total racers in this race including 23 XC1 Pro riders. dirtwheelsmag.com

To offer spec racers a new weapon for their racing arsenal, the Ballistic High-RPM Red Wire Stator -17.5T (#S6627) can be installed in any Ballistic 540 brushless motor. rccaraction.com

Here's just the thing for that boy racer on your Christmas shopping list: a $1,700 steering wheel with lights and a data readout window mounted into the rim. foxnews.com

Usage in literature

The single funnel rose between the captain's cabin and the wireless room, and had the rakish tilt of the racer. "The Pagan Madonna" by Harold MacGrath

No more than they taught the blindest racer after money in all London. "The Message" by Alec John Dawson

They were hardly through the gate and well established in an eddy when the bell brought the racers pacing or scurrying in. "Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905" by Various

There was a tremendous head on the cylinders and they ran like a racer. "Ralph on the Engine" by Allen Chapman

There were thirty tribes or bands, each with its choicest racer on the track. "The Bridge of the Gods" by Frederic Homer Balch

The speedboat climbed to the step and planed along like a racer, leaving a foaming wake. "Smugglers' Reef" by John Blaine

Every eye was trained upon the racers, the excitement was tense. "A Breath of Prairie and other stories" by Will Lillibridge

The trotter can no more be put to his speed upon an ordinary road than can the racer himself. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880" by Various

We are all blind racers on the track of earth. "The Heart of the New Thought" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Hartigan mounted his racer and sped thitherward at nightfall. "The Preacher of Cedar Mountain" by Ernest Thompson Seton

Usage in poetry
"I go, my love, but with thy leave,
To try my racer's speed
Upon the course—a noble Earl
And I have so agreed."
Then Twardowski mounts the racer,
Makes it trot and caracole;
And the building was no facer -
There it stood, complete and whole!
Flye on, flye on, swift Racer, untill she
Whom thou of all ador'st shall learne of thee
The pace t'outfly thee, and shall teach thee groan,
What terrour 'tis t'outgo and be outgon.
The pistol flashed, and off they went
Like lightning on the steep descent,
Resistlessly down-swooping, swift
O'er the smooth face of polished drift
The racers strain with might and main.
But in the lead flies Carl the Dane.