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trackside

trackside

1 3.4
Beside a race track or railway track
  • adjective
  • /ˈtræksaɪd/
: junto a la pista
  • Standing trackside, the fans cheered as the cars sped by.

Examples

  • Are you trackside?

  • Watching the races, you would soon forget that Varsha, Hobbs, and Matchett were in a studio in Charlotte, with their energy and enthusiasm making it seem they were trackside.

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  • The spectators gathered trackside to enjoy the thrilling horse race.

  • He set up his camera trackside to capture the excitement of the event.

Synonyms

railside
vstrackside
1 4.1

Next to a train track

also applies beside racetracks and can be used as adjective or adverb

Surface Forms

trackside positive

Morphology

trackside = track + side (transparent) = track + side

Formed by the clear compound 'track' + 'side', meaning 'at or beside the track' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Trackside combines track ('a path or railway line') and side ('beside'), so it means 'at or beside the track' and is used to describe something happening by a racetrack or railway.