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

• auto racing
• car racing
• automobile racing
• motor racing
• horse racing
• drag racing
• street racing

Translations

the sport of competing in races

• Chinese:

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

• French: course (fr) f

• German: Rennen (de) n
• Japanese: 競走 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō)
• Russian: гонки (ru) f pl (gónki)

Verb

racing

1. Present participle of race.

Anagrams

• arcing, caring, Crigan