racing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
By surface analysis, race + -ing.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The sport of competing in races.
The war years have not greatly altered running conditions on the East Coast route north of Edinburgh. It was never a racing ground, and the heavier loads and the possibility of indifferent coal have been only partially balanced by the increases in running times of the principal trains.
1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun […]
1870, Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports, page 231:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| racings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
banger racing · pigeon racing · motor-racing · match racing · racing stripe · racing green · ice racing · racing certainty · street racing · antiracing · road racing · running and racing · automobile racing · racing prototype · drag boat racing · racing-car · racing bike · drag-racing · racing pigeon · racing briefs · car racing · racinglike · racing form · racing line · racing driver · racing thoughts · drag-racing boat · harness racing · drag racing boat · prototype racing · wheelchair racing · turtle racing · racing crab · greycing · footracing · fleet racing · motor racing · bathtub racing · drag racing · open-wheel racing · nonracing · auto racing · racing car · racing jack · preracing · formula racing · horse racing · set pulses racing · wok racing · bracket racing · slot racing · sledge racing · dog racing · British racing green · jump racing · greyhound racing
Descendants
Translations (13)
bg надбягване (the sport of competing in races) · ru го́нки (the sport of competing in races) · cmn 競賽 /竞赛 (the sport of competing in races) · ro cursă (the sport of competing in races) · ja 競走 (the sport of competing in races) · fr course (the sport of competing in races) · pl wyścigi (the sport of competing in races) · ga rásaíocht (the sport of competing in races) · de Rennen (the sport of competing in races) · id balap (the sport of competing in races) · ka რბოლა (the sport of competing in races) · cmn 競走 /竞走 (the sport of competing in races) · cmn 競速 /竞速 (the sport of competing in races)