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speedster|ˈspiːdstə(r)|
[f. speed n. + -ster, after roadster.]
1. A fast motor vehicle; a speed-boat.
1918Webster Addenda, Speedster,..a high-speed roadster, usually with low seats, accommodating two persons seated side by side. 1928Daily Express 3 Sept. 5/5 But I'm not telling everyone who comes up in a swell speedster [sc. a speed-boat]. 1977‘J. Gash’ Judas Pair vi. 72 He lived about fifteen miles off the trunk road... I patted my speedster and swung the handle.
2. a. A motorist who drives fast.
1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Oct. 25/3 As a means of checking up on the speedster, a device has been invented. 1930Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 17 May 8/5 Lochiel criticised the making of trunk roads for the use of south speedsters. 1974J. Cleary Peter's Pence vii. 197 McBride drove fast: in Rome slow drivers got more attention..than speedsters.
b. More generally, a person who moves or acts very quickly, a fast runner. Also applied to animals.
1947Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Nov. b7/7 The 175-pound speedster from Bridgeton, N.J., never quit running until he was across the goalline. 1966D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain iv. 48 The four speedsters made a sudden concentrated rush at the meat-rich tycoon. 1977Time 13 June 21/2 An American track-meet promoter, anxious to lure a top dash man to his indoor meet to increase the gate, called a speedster and promised him $800 plus expenses for joining the field. |