street race
street race noun: an instance of street racing; a competitive race between cars driving on public roads rather than a race track.
Noun
street race (plural street races)
- An instance of street racing; a competitive race between cars driving on public roads rather than a race track.
Verb
street race (third-person singular simple present street races, present participle street racing, simple past and past participle street raced)
- To race in a street race.
- His argument was that the brotherhood didn’t really want to street race but did want all-night drag strips which the curfew laws prohibited.1991, H. F. Moorhouse, Driving Ambitions: An Analysis of the American Hot Rod Enthusiasm, Manchester; New York, N.Y.: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 194
- I’d spent a big chunk of my paychecks on my car and loved to street race.2009, James B. Bergstad, Screwing the Pooch, published 2013, →ISBN, page 71
Forms of street race
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | street races |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | street races |
| present participle | street racing |
| past participle | street raced |
| past | street raced |
| alternative form | street-race |
Questions about street race
- What does street race mean?
- Street race means an instance of street racing; a competitive race between cars driving on public roads rather than a race track.
- What part of speech is street race?
- Street race can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of street race?
- The plural of street race is street races.
Words near street race in the dictionary
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