racing

See also: Racing

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ

Noun

racing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural racings)

1. The sport of competing in races.
   • 1870, Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports (page 231)

     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 […]

Derived terms

Terms derived from racing

• automobile racing
• auto racing
• car racing

• drag racing
• horse racing
• motor racing

• racing car
• racing driver
• street racing

Translations

the sport of competing in races

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 競賽 (zh), 竞赛 (zh) ‎(jìngsài), 競速, 竞速 ‎(jìngsù), 競走 (zh), 竞走 (zh) ‎(jìngzǒu) (athletic racing)

• French: course (fr) f
• German: Rennen (de) n

• Irish: rásaíocht f
• Japanese: 競走 (ja) ‎(きょうそう, kyōsō)
• Romanian: cursă (ro)
• Russian: го́нки (ru) f pl ‎(gónki)

Descendants

• Thai: ซิ่ง ‎(sîng)

Verb

racing

1. present participle of race

Anagrams

• arcing, caring, Crigan