racing car
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- noun
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- He spent every minute he could at the Indianapolis Speedway and teamed up with the automobile legend Harry Miller, one of the greatest designers of racing cars who ever lived.
- racing car driver
- Formula One racing car
- build a racing car
They were like racing cars and they were hand painted.
- They were like racing cars and they were hand painted.
- It's strange, but I think racing cars are quite unique where we are our own person.
Examples
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The automotive innovator who tinkered with machinery and designed racing cars in his younger years established the Ford Motor Co. in 1903, when he was 40.
Academic text (2006) -
The race has a long and glorious history, featuring the most advanced and technologically relevant racing cars.
Blog text (16) -
We wanted a car that would feel like a proper racing car.
Blog text (23) -
"Owning a racing car is such a joy," he says in the video.
Blog text (22) -
Jaguar, it's a racing car.
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Passersby looked admiringly at his magnificent racing car.
Fiction book (1998) -
The DeltaWing is a racing car designed by Ben Bowlby that debuted at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Blog text (32) -
The racing car zoomed past the finish line, leaving the other vehicles behind.
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She dreams of becoming a professional driver for a top racing car team.
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The mechanic spent hours fine-tuning the racing car for maximum speed and performance.
Synonyms
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A very fast car built to compete in events on a track
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2.8
A very fast car built to race on tracks
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2.8
A fast car built specially to compete on a track
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A racing car made from a regular car and changed for speed and safety
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Morphology
The meaning 'a car designed for racing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'racing' (relating to the sport of racing) with 'car' (a motor vehicle), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it as a car used for racing. This adjectival/participle + noun composition is a common, productive pattern in English (and in many other languages), making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Racing car comes from the simple idea of a car built for racing, so imagine a vehicle made to go very fast and to handle sharp turns on a track. That is why it means 'a car designed to compete in races'.