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banger race

banger race noun: a motorsport event in which cars race around a track while trying to damage one another.

banger race: a motorsport event in which cars race around a track while trying to damage one another
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Noun

banger race (plural banger races)

  1. (UK) A motorsport event in which cars race around a track while trying to damage one another.
    • Trouble began when he moved in permanently after having building work done and set up a banger race track.2003 August 31, Renee Mickleburgh, “Lotto lout gives neighbours hell by racing bangers round garden”, in The Daily Telegraph
    • He made his neighbours' lives a misery earlier this year by staging late-night banger races on the three-acre field where he held the bonfire.2003 November 7, David Sapsted, “Lottery winner puts 40ft mobile home on bonfire”, in The Daily Telegraph

Examples of banger race in a sentence

  • Rebecca Feiner recommends an evening at the Banger races2003 December 6, Rebecca Feiner, “A smashing night out”, in The Daily Telegraph:
  • This DVD is a showcase for several of those - including banger races featuring everything from caravans to Austin FX4 taxis via Ford Transits and Reliant Robins.2005 December 3, Simon Arron, “Flights of fancy”, in The Daily Telegraph:
  • The couple sought action after Mr Robinson's son and his friends allegedly staged banger races in old cars on the land surrounding their own smallholding.2009 June 1, “Man called German neighbour Schweinhund, court told”, in The Daily Telegraph:
  • Relations apparently became frosty after Hurst complained about Robinson's son's banger races in a nearby field and the family was served with a noise abatement order.2009 June 2, Rowan Pelling, “Oh for those days of catfights and sequinned G-strings”, in The Daily Telegraph:

Forms of banger race

pluralbanger races

Origin of banger race

From the slang sense of banger (“an old, worn-out car”).

Questions about banger race

What does banger race mean?
Banger race means a motorsport event in which cars race around a track while trying to damage one another.
How do you use banger race in a sentence?
Rebecca Feiner recommends an evening at the Banger races
What part of speech is banger race?
Banger race is a noun.
What is the plural of banger race?
The plural of banger race is banger races.

Words near banger race in the dictionary

  1. banged up
  2. bangedst
  3. Bangel
  4. Bangemann wave
  5. banger
  6. banger race
  7. banger races
  8. banger racing
  9. Bangerang
  10. bangers
  11. bangers and mash

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