dragster
nounUS /ˈdɹæɡstɚ/
Etymology Derived from drag + -ster.
1
A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
- On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10:
- In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63:
2
One who takes part in drag racing.
3
Slang A drag queen.
- Dragsters Justin Bond and Jackie Beat kick up their own New York "holigay" spirit1999, The Advocate, number 801, page 57:
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