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rac·er
(rā′sər)n.
1. One that takes part in a race.
2. A vehicle used in racing.
3. Any of various fast-moving colubrid snakes of several genera, especially Coluber.
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racer
(ˈreɪsə)n
1. a person, animal, or machine that races
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a turntable used to traverse a heavy gun
3. (Animals) any of several long slender nonvenomous North American snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber and related genera, such as C. lateralis (striped racer)
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rac•er
(ˈreɪ sər)n.
1. a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race.
2. anything having great speed.
3. any of several slender, active snakes of the genera Coluber and Masticophis.
[1640–50]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() finisher - a racing driver who finishes a race driver - the operator of a motor vehicle |
2. | ![]() auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" cockpit - seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car finisher - a race car that finishes a race stock car - a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car | |
3. | racer - an animal that races animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement greyhound - a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases finisher - an animal that wins in a contest of speed | |
4. | racer - slender fast-moving North American snakes colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes Coluber, genus Coluber - racers black racer, Coluber constrictor, blacksnake - blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet Coluber hippocrepis, horseshoe whipsnake - slender fast-moving Eurasian snake |
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racer
noun competitor, runner, contender, sprinter a former champion powerboat racer
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racer
[ˈreɪsəʳ] N (= runner) → corredor(a) m/f; (= horse) → caballo m de carreras; (= car) → coche m de carreras; (= bike) → bicicleta f de carrerasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
race1
(reis) noun a competition to find who or which is the fastest. a horse race.carrera
verb1. to (cause to) run in a race. I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.correr, llevar a una carrera
2. to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest. I'll race you to that tree.hacer una carrera
3. to go etc quickly. He raced along the road on his bike.correr
ˈracer noun a car, bicycle etc built for competitive racing. coche/bicicleta de carreras
ˈracecourse noun (a place with) a course over which horse races are run. hipódromo
ˈracehorse noun a horse bred and used for racing. caballo de carreras
ˈracetrack noun (a place with) a course over which races are run by cars, dogs, athletes etc. pista de carreras
ˈracing-car noun a car specially designed and built for racing. coche de carreras
a race against time a desperate attempt to do something before a certain time. una carrera contrarreloj
the races a meeting for horse-racing. las carreras
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