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boat races

boat races is the plural of boat race.

Meaning of boat race

Noun

boat race (plural boat races)

  1. A race between rowing crews.
    • The Oxford and Cambridge boat race is held on the Thames every year.
  2. (Cockney, slang) The face.
  3. (slang) A fixed horse race, with a specific horse arranged to win in advance.
    • "Now," Herbie says, dropping his voice away down low, in case old Cap Duhaine may be around somewhere listening, "it is the third race, and the horse is a horse by the name of Never Despair. It is a boat race," Herbie says. "They are going to shoo in Never Despair. Everything else in the race is a...1944, Damon Runyon, “A Story Goes With It”, in Stories à la Carte
  4. (US, slang) A contest in which one competitor boat-races the other(s)

Questions about boat races

What is boat races the plural of?
Boat races is the plural of boat race.

Words near boat races in the dictionary

  1. boat parks
  2. boat people
  3. boat person
  4. boat persons
  5. boat race
  6. boat races
  7. boat ramp
  8. boat ramps
  9. boat shed
  10. boat sheds
  11. boat shell

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