racing

racing

See also: Racing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ

Noun

racing (countable and uncountable, plural racings)

1. The sport of competing in races.
   • 1870, Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports, page 231:

     Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun […]

Derived terms

• automobile racing
• auto racing
• car racing
• drag racing
• horse racing
• motor racing
• racing car
• racing certainty
• racing driver
• street racing

 

Descendants

• Thai: ซิ่ง (sîng)

Translations

the sport of competing in races

Bulgarian: надбягване (bg) n (nadbjagvane) Chinese: Mandarin: 競賽／竞赛 (zh) (jìngsài), 競速／竞速 (jìngsù), 競走／竞走 (zh) (jìngzǒu) (athletic racing) French: course (fr) f Georgian: რბოლა (rbola) German: Rennen (de) n Irish: rásaíocht f Japanese: 競走 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō) Romanian: cursă (ro) Russian: го́нки (ru) f pl (gónki)

Verb

racing

1. present participle of race

Anagrams

• Crigan, Garčin, arcing, caring