track star

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track star (plural track stars)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Somebody who is swift or excels in athletic running or in an occupation likened to it.
    • 2015 February 19, “Track Star” (track 11), in SD (lyrics), Life of a Savage 4[1]:
      I think that boy’s a track star, yeah he can run fast
    • 2020 June 17, “Track Star”, Mooski (lyrics)‎[2]:
      She's a runner, she's a track star
      She gon' run away when it gets hard
    • 2020 September 18, Justin Bieber (lyrics and music), “Holy” (track 5), in Justice (Target Exclusive)[3]:
      Runnin' to the altar like a track star
    • 2021 October 26, “Waddup”, PGF Nuk (lyrics)‎[4]:
      Ayy, that's how I'm coming bitch
      Like a track star, I'm on my block really runnin' shit
      I do this shit in real life, boy this shit is not a skit