hill climb


noun
  1. a racing event for motorcycles or automobiles in which competitors drive up a hilly course one at a time, the winner having the fastest time.

Origin of hill climb

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use hill climb in a sentence

  • Lance Armstrong wailing that I was the only guy who could keep up with him on the hill climbs.

    The Way the Wind Blows | Scott Simon | December 21, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Behind the restaurant the wooded hill climbs on up toward the sky, and on its top Flammarion's observatory is perched.

    In Vanity Fair | Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd

British Dictionary definitions for hill climb

hill climb

noun
  1. a competition in which motor vehicles attempt singly to ascend a steep slope as fast as possible

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