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Footrace

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A race run on foot.
  2. 2
    a race run on foot wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To race on foot. intransitive

    "[T]he Moslems footraced around the Kaba three times at top speed, to demonstrate to the observant Koreish that they were in excellent physical condition; […]"

  2. 2
    To race (someone or something) on foot. transitive

    "I could almost feel the clear spool when the game turned, headed along the beach, and I footraced him for line, and won."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From foot + race.

Etymology 2

From foot + race.

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