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racer

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rac·er  (rsr)
n.
1. One that races or takes part in a race.
2. A vehicle used in racing.
3. Any of various fast-moving North American snakes of the genus Coluber.

racer [ˈreɪsə]
n
1. a person, animal, or machine that races
2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a turntable used to traverse a heavy gun
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several long slender nonvenomous North American snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber and related genera, such as C. lateralis (striped racer)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.racerracer - someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
finisher - a racing driver who finishes a race
driver - the operator of a motor vehicle
2.racerracer - a fast car that competes in races    
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
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

racer
noun competitor, runner, contender, sprinter a former champion powerboat racer
Translations
racer [ˈreɪsəʳ] N (= runner) → corredor(a) m/f; (= horse) → caballo m de carreras; (= car) → coche m de carreras; (= bike) → bicicleta f de carreras

racer [ˈreɪsər] n (= bike) → vélo m de course
race relations nplrelations fpl interraciales
race riot némeute f raciale

racer
nRennfahrer(in) m(f); (= car)Rennwagen m; (= bicycle)Rennrad nt; (= yacht)Rennjacht f; (= horse)Rennpferd nt

racer مُسَابِق závodník væddeløbsdeltager Rennfahrer δρομέας corredor kilpa-ajaja coureur trkač automobile da corsa レーサー 경주자 renner racer biegacz corredor гонщик kapplöpningsdeltagare ผู้เข้าร่วมการแข่งขัน yarışçı vận động viên đua 比赛者


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A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself: "My father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I am his own child in speed and spirit.
How gloriously he would go plowing the dancing seas, in his long, low, black-hulled racer, the Spirit of the Storm, with his grisly flag flying at the fore
Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch, like a racer, on that money; well, he was brought up, in a single second, dead; and he kept his head, found his temper, and changed his plan before the others had had time to realize the disappointment.
 
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