dragster

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from drag +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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dragster (plural dragsters)

  1. A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
    • 1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10:
      On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]
    • 2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63:
      In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]
  2. One who takes part in drag racing.
    Synonym: dragger
  3. (slang) A drag queen.
    • 1999, The Advocate, number 801, page 57:
      Dragsters Justin Bond and Jackie Beat kick up their own New York "holigay" spirit

Translations[edit]

participant in drag racing — see dragger
drag queen — see drag queen

See also[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dragster m (uncountable)

  1. drag racing
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