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footracing

footracing noun: the running of races on foot. Also the present participle and gerund of footrace.

Noun

footracing (uncountable)

  1. The running of races on foot.
    • Later, purists didn’t want wheelchair athletes because their participation had nothing to do with footracing.1997 February 4, “An Event Big Enough for Skaters”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2025

Also used as

footracing is also the present participle and gerund of footrace.

Origin of footracing

From foot + racing.

From footrace + -ing.

Questions about footracing

What does footracing mean?
Footracing means the running of races on foot.
What part of speech is footracing?
Footracing is a noun.

Words near footracing in the dictionary

  1. footrace
  2. footraced
  3. footracer
  4. footracers
  5. footraces
  6. footracing
  7. footrail
  8. footrails
  9. footrest
  10. footrests
  11. footrim

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