Racing

//ˈɹeɪsɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sport of competing in races. uncountable, usually

    "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 […]"

  2. 2
    the sport of engaging in contests of speed wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of race form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
affluentautomobile racingconfluentcoursingdecurrentdefluent

Example

More examples

"With horse racing and such, these are called "stakes". For this meaning the plural form is often used."

Etymology

By surface analysis, race + -ing.

Related phrases

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