racing car

English

Alternative forms

• racing-car

Noun

racing car (plural racing cars)

1. A racecar.
   • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, A Damsel in Distress, ch. 6:

     [A] grey racing car drew up with a grinding of brakes and a sputter of gravel in front of the main entrance of Belpher Castle.

   • 1987, Jay Cocks, "Music: The Badder They Come," Time, 14 Sept.:

     Like some fine-tuned racing car, it kicks up a lot of its own dust.

References

• racing car at OneLook Dictionary Search