racer
Syllables: rac·erUK/ˈɹeɪ.sə/US/ˈɹeɪ.səɹ/
racer noun: a person who participates in races, especially an athlete.
Noun
racer (plural racers)
- A person who participates in races, especially an athlete.
- He was a [motorcycle] racer as a teenager, and a frequent visitor to the Isle of Man, where he had many friends.2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47
- A racehorse.
- A racing pigeon.
- A vehicle (or other device) used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
- Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
- A video game involving racing of any kind.
- For our kart racer, we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life, […]2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, page 102
- A racist.
Proper noun capitalized: Racer
Racer (plural Racers)
- A surname from German.
racer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
racer in Hindi
- someone who takes part in a race
- धावक dhāvak
racer in Tamil
- பந்தயம் ஓடுபவர், பந்தயம் ஓடுவது, பந்தயக்குதிரை, பந்தயப்படகு, பந்தய ஓட்ட மிதிவண்டி
racer in Marathi
- रेसर
racer in Urdu
- ریسر
More languagesFewer languages
- racer in Bengali
- রেসার
- racer in Telugu
- రేసర్
- racer in Kannada
- ರೇಸರ್
- racer in Punjabi
- ਰੇਸਰ
- racer in Gujarati
- રેસર
- racer in Odia
- ରେସର, ରେସର୍
- racer in Sanskrit
- रघु raghu
- racer in Nepali
- रेसर
- racer in Malay
- pelumba
Examples of racer in a sentence
- Schumacher is beginning to pull away from the rest of the racers.
- The mountainous second day of the race was a real meatgrinder, with 20% of racers dropping out.
- A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic.
Forms of racer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | racers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Racers |
Origin of racer
From race + -er. First attested in 1648.
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Röser.
Words formed from racer
Phrases with racer
Words that rhyme with racer
Questions about racer
- What does racer mean?
- Racer means a person who participates in races, especially an athlete.
- What is racer in Hindi?
- Racer in Hindi is धावक (dhāvak). See Racer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is racer?
- Racer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce racer?
- Racer is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.sə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of racer?
- The plural of racer is racers.
Words near racer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: racer (page history and authors); Racer (page history and authors); racer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); racer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); racer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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