racer
nounUK /ˈɹeɪ.sə/ · US /ˈɹeɪ.səɹ/
Etymology From race + -er. First attested in 1648.
7 senses
› Agent noun of race: one that races or is…
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A person who participates in races, especially an athlete.
- He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47:
2
A racehorse.
3
A racing pigeon.
4
A vehicle (or other device) used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
5
Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
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Video games Informal A video game involving racing of any kind.
- For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102:
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Humorous A racist.
- Derived terms
- barrel racer, black racer, blue racer, boy racer, bracket racer, drag racer, footracer, girl racer, gravity racer, green racer, landracer, racerback, racerlike, rat racer, sim racer, snow racer