drag racing

drag race

noun
a race between two or more automobiles starting from a standstill, the winner being the car that can accelerate the fastest.
Also called drag.


Origin:
1940–45

drag racer, noun
drag racing, noun
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drag race
 
n
a type of motor race in which specially built or modified cars or motorcycles are timed over a measured course
 
drag racer
 
n
 
drag racing
 
n

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Drag racing is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
drag race
 
n
a type of motor race in which specially built or modified cars or motorcycles are timed over a measured course
 
drag racer
 
n
 
drag racing
 
n

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