racern.²

Brit.

/ˈreɪsə/, U.S.

/ˈreɪsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: race n.¹, -er suffix¹; race v.³, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally < race n.¹ + -er suffix¹. In later use partly also < race v.³ + -er suffix¹.

1. A person who races or takes part in a race. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > racer

racer1618

starter1847

1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 161 She is an humble vertue, not mounted as the other racers, but goes on foote.

1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 30 Flye on, flye on swift Racer.

a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 141 Like racers we look forward, and pursue those who go before us.

1745 E. Young Consolation 117 Leave the Racers of the World their Own, Their Feather, and their Froth.

1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 11 As th' antient racer on Olympic ground..The hon'rous wreath with eager view retains.

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 96 Some breathless racers whose hopes poize Upon the last few steps.

1879 R. Browning Pheidippides in Dramatic Idyls 41 Henceforth be allowed thee release From the racer's toil.

1927 W. Deeping Kitty xxiv. 310 Life was like a relay-race: you snatched the baton from the failing hand of the past, and sped ahead without looking back till some other racer took the baton from you.

1941 K. G. Perls Vlaminck 46 When Maurice..discovered that the prize money was quite considerable, he became a bicycle racer.

1998 Yachts & Yachting 17 Apr. 31/1 Its fully battened mainsail and racks..have undoubtedly put off some racers who view sailing it with trepidation.

a. A racehorse. Also attributive.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse

runnera1500

match horse1607

racehorse1607

racer1629

race naga1635

wagoner1859

neddy1887

pony1896

bang-tail1921

1629 R. M. Micrologia xii. sig. D1 A cunning Horse-Courser... He hath the Racers, Breeds, and Clymats of the best in England.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 556 The Jockies breathing their fine barbs & racers.

1768 R. Wall (title) A Dissertation on breeding Horses,..an attempt to promote thereby the Breed of Racers and Horses in general.

1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iv. 166 There is the same difference of motion between a racer and a common bred horse, as between a coach and a cart.

1842 ‘Nimrod’ Horse & Hound 23 The best Arab, on his own ground, has not a shadow of a chance against an imported English racer.

1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. i. 19 He hasn't a racer's head.

1920 J. Masefield Right Royal i. 52 But ill as he looked, that outcast racer Was a rare good horse and a perfect chaser.

1965 Classical Q. New Ser. 15 180 Most of these noble mares were therefore probably..steppe horses with some racer blood.

2006 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Drive section) 39 Porsche has embodied the Cayman with a personality closer to a thoroughbred racer than even the 911.

b. Any very swift animal, esp. one suitable for racing.

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the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > having great speed

racer1680

1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 89 So the dull Eele, moves nimbler in the Mud, Than all the swift Finn'd Racers, of the Flood.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 118 Thus the aerial Racers are able to perform so rapid and strong a Motion.

1799 Llewellin III. xii. 412 Of those four racers, the hart, the hound, the horse, and the man, methinks the former has the most share of rationality, for he runs to save his life.

1852 L. Beardsley Reminisc. 507 The red fox, though not so much of a racer as the black, gives fine play.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 5/1 The ‘carrier’ pigeon has become a show bird; so have the ‘Antwerp’, which succeeded it as a racer, and the ‘homer’.

1927 Times 15 Oct. 6/4 Each of the challengers of Entry Badge's ascendancy can, at his best, be a really first-class racer.

1987 Time 27 July 51/2 Lane again examines the sky for a sign of his racers.

2006 State Jrnl. (W. Va.) (Nexis) 3 Mar. 1 It's not the stud that makes the difference in whether a dog is a good racer or not.

c. Any of numerous fast-moving colubrid snakes, typically long and slender; esp. any of various North American snakes of the genera Coluber and Masticophis, spec. (more fully black racer) the common C. constrictor. Frequently with distinguishing word.green racer: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of > member of genus Masticophis

whip-snake1774

switch-snake1791

racer1818

coach-whip1827

prairie snake1832

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > genus or member of genus Coluber > coluber constrictor (racer)

blacksnake1694

runner1795

racer1818

1818 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3 446 Coluber velox... (Racer Snake.) Black, belly white, tail blue underneath, 8 feet long, slender, very swift.

1868 T. F. Cronise Nat. Wealth Calif. 484 The ‘Green Racer’..is an olive-green snake, yellow beneath, three feet long, and found everywhere west of the Sierra.

1900 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1898 794 The Zamenis constrictor is the ‘black snake’ of the East and the ‘blue’ and ‘green racer’ of the West.

1954 R. C. Stebbins Amphibians & Reptiles Western N. Amer. 373/2 When foraging, like most racers, the head and neck are held well above the ground.

1983 J. C. Daniel Indian Reptiles 78 Fasciolated Ratsnake or Banded Racer. Argyrogena fasciolatus (Shaw). Harmless.

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 200/2 The Northern black racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor ) does not grow much longer than 6 feet.

†d. Any of various swift-running sand crabs of the genus Ocypode; a ghost crab. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands iv. 90 Another Land Crab, which..is popularly called the Racer,..is a native of Ceylon.

e. U.S. colloquial. A large or thin individual of the North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush. Now rare or disused.

ΚΠ

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 488 Two varieties [of lake-trout] are also recognized, one..known as ‘Reef Trout’, or when very large are called ‘Racers’.

1902 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Amer. Food & Game Fishes 204 Lake trout... Occasionally individuals, very thin in flesh and sickly-looking, known as ‘racers’ by fishermen are found swimming near the surface.

a. A vehicle capable of great speed, esp. one used for racing.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > swift vehicle

racera1800

velocipede1838

humper1895

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > [noun] > vehicle used for racing

racera1800

racing car1842

a1800 W. Cowper Tale in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1803) II. App. 300 A ship!.. This racer of the sea.

1842 J. F. Cooper Two Admirals I. vii. 111 I belongs to a flag-ship, and a racer, and a craft as hasn't her equal on salt-water.

1878 Bicycle Jrnl. 18 Sept. 4/2 Their ‘roadsters’ no match for the French ‘racers’.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 3/2 No train..is timed to do the journey quicker than the above racers.

1903 Sci. Amer. 8 Aug. 96/1 Barney Oldfield, on the Ford-Cooper racer..has been steadily lowering track records.

1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down iii. viii. 553 They swooped and soared and dived from giddy heights on the Giant Racer until the whole glittering Fun Fair spun around them in one glorious daze.

1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 158 I wanted a bicycle, and she ran right out and bought me an English racer.

2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 May g12 Looks sportier than it is. More a touring car than a racer.

†b. Mechanics. A part of a machine having a particularly rapid motion. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > with rapid motion

racer1874

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 355/2 When the braid is to be laid up flat,..each racer, as the spindle holders are called, makes a single course.

1882 Standard 23 Aug. 2/4 The ‘racer’, which is a half circle, and attached to the machinery, came down with terrific force.

4. Gunnery. A rail, forming a horizontal arc, on which the carriage or traversing platform of a gun is moved.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > track

traverse circle1836

racer1853

1853 Aide-Mémoire to Mil. Sciences (ed. 2) I. 210 The following Table shews the different modes of pivoting, the radii of the racers, and distances from centre of pivot to extreme corners of the platform.

1861 Times 30 May 12/4 The carriages work on raised racers—that is, semi-circular lines of metal raised about 1½ inch above the terre-pleine.

1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 255 The racer is secured to the bedding-plate by steel bolts.

1927 Times 3 Oct. 8/2 When the trail is moved to right or left the gun wheels run round on the racers.

1978 Bull. Assoc. Preserv. Technol. 10 66 The racers were precisely levelled on heavy granite blocks before the concrete was poured.

2003 R. Chartrand Napoleon's Guns 37 At the centre of the rear..transom was a small wheel that fitted into a semi-circular iron rail (or ‘racer’) set in the ground.

5. An article of sportswear, esp. one designed for racing; (Australian and New Zealand) (in plural) a pair of swimming trunks.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > (suitable) for specific purpose > for swimming or bathing

trunks1883

bathing-drawers1893

bathing trunks1895

bathing slips1904

Speedo1933

swimming trunks1943

bathers1945

cossie1958

baggies1962

jams1966

racer1969

1969 New Yorker 20 Sept. 149/2 (advt.) Baby him with our soft, zip-front creepers... Racer in medium blue.

1971 Telegraph (Brisbane) 21 Sept. 18/1 (advt.) Ash boys racers in bright florals..and plain colours.

1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. ii. 4/8 (advt.) Speedo togs in quick-drying Bri-nylon. Racers, boys..$4.75.

1988 Today's Runner June 36/1 I experimented by putting a light insole from an old pair of trainers that I was discarding into my ‘racers’.

2005 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. f3 The M906OR combines the durability and sole strength of a hiking shoe with the lightweight feel of a road racer.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Designating an article of clothing which is designed for racing or which has a racer back, as racer bra, racer shorts, racer suit, etc.

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1963 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Nov. 87 (advt.) Quilted nylon racer jacket with hidden hood.

1966 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 12 Oct. 10/1 (advt.) Racer suits..14.99.

1990 Littlewoods Catal. Spring–Summer 310 (caption) Racer bra. Ideal for wearing under cut-away dresses or T-shirts.

1994 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Dec. (Tempo section) 18 For a bloke to express his innate personal style.., he has only to select from those four basic styling options: surfboard shorts, trunks.., racer briefs, or racer shorts.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Weekend section) 5 The extensive range of vests and tops..includes the Milly racer vest.

C2.

racer back n. a sporty style of back on an article of clothing; spec. a style of back on a sleeveless garment in which the shoulder straps meet between the shoulder blades; (also) an article of clothing (esp. a bra or swimsuit) having this; frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1968 Winnipeg Free Press 20 June 48 (advt.) Trim fitting model has racer back..and hip pocket.

1974 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 1 Nov. 4 (advt.) New..racerback Olympic style suits.

1986 Women's Wear Daily (Nexis) 31 July A variety of bras—including racerbacks, convertibles, tubes.

2002 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 19/3 Purple racer-back singlets were offset with asymmetric skirts.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. e6/5 A mesh tennis dress with a pleated skirt and a racer back.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	racer
释义	† racern.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: race v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < race v.² + -er suffix¹. Compare razer n.² and earlier razor n. Obsolete. 1. A scalpel, a razor. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > knife, lancet, or scalpel blood iron1401 phlebotomec1425 lancentc1440 lancet1474 phlebotomy1477 lancer1537 fleam1552 racer1570 lancelet1574 lance1575 lance-knife1610 catling1617 incision-knife1617 bistort1655 scalpel1742 bistoury1748 dissector1841 scarificator1879 thumb-lancet1903 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiii ^v/1 A Racer, scalprum. 2. Horticulture. An implement for cutting grass (see quot. 1819). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > gardening tool > other tools tracing-staff1712 racer1778 tan-fork1859 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Grass They should first be marked by line..with a racer or rutter. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXIX. (at cited word) Racer, in Gardening, a name applied to a sort of sward-cutter, or cutting implement, used in racing out or cutting through the surface of grass sward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). racern.² Brit. /ˈreɪsə/, U.S. /ˈreɪsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: race n.¹, -er suffix¹; race v.³, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Originally < race n.¹ + -er suffix¹. In later use partly also < race v.³ + -er suffix¹. 1. A person who races or takes part in a race. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > racer racer1618 starter1847 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 161 She is an humble vertue, not mounted as the other racers, but goes on foote. 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 30 Flye on, flye on swift Racer. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 141 Like racers we look forward, and pursue those who go before us. 1745 E. Young Consolation 117 Leave the Racers of the World their Own, Their Feather, and their Froth. 1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 11 As th' antient racer on Olympic ground..The hon'rous wreath with eager view retains. 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 96 Some breathless racers whose hopes poize Upon the last few steps. 1879 R. Browning Pheidippides in Dramatic Idyls 41 Henceforth be allowed thee release From the racer's toil. 1927 W. Deeping Kitty xxiv. 310 Life was like a relay-race: you snatched the baton from the failing hand of the past, and sped ahead without looking back till some other racer took the baton from you. 1941 K. G. Perls Vlaminck 46 When Maurice..discovered that the prize money was quite considerable, he became a bicycle racer. 1998 Yachts & Yachting 17 Apr. 31/1 Its fully battened mainsail and racks..have undoubtedly put off some racers who view sailing it with trepidation. 2. a. A racehorse. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse runnera1500 match horse1607 racehorse1607 racer1629 race naga1635 wagoner1859 neddy1887 pony1896 bang-tail1921 1629 R. M. Micrologia xii. sig. D1 A cunning Horse-Courser... He hath the Racers, Breeds, and Clymats of the best in England. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 556 The Jockies breathing their fine barbs & racers. 1768 R. Wall (title) A Dissertation on breeding Horses,..an attempt to promote thereby the Breed of Racers and Horses in general. 1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iv. 166 There is the same difference of motion between a racer and a common bred horse, as between a coach and a cart. 1842 ‘Nimrod’ Horse & Hound 23 The best Arab, on his own ground, has not a shadow of a chance against an imported English racer. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. i. 19 He hasn't a racer's head. 1920 J. Masefield Right Royal i. 52 But ill as he looked, that outcast racer Was a rare good horse and a perfect chaser. 1965 Classical Q. New Ser. 15 180 Most of these noble mares were therefore probably..steppe horses with some racer blood. 2006 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Drive section) 39 Porsche has embodied the Cayman with a personality closer to a thoroughbred racer than even the 911. b. Any very swift animal, esp. one suitable for racing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > having great speed racer1680 1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 89 So the dull Eele, moves nimbler in the Mud, Than all the swift Finn'd Racers, of the Flood. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 118 Thus the aerial Racers are able to perform so rapid and strong a Motion. 1799 Llewellin III. xii. 412 Of those four racers, the hart, the hound, the horse, and the man, methinks the former has the most share of rationality, for he runs to save his life. 1852 L. Beardsley Reminisc. 507 The red fox, though not so much of a racer as the black, gives fine play. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 5/1 The ‘carrier’ pigeon has become a show bird; so have the ‘Antwerp’, which succeeded it as a racer, and the ‘homer’. 1927 Times 15 Oct. 6/4 Each of the challengers of Entry Badge's ascendancy can, at his best, be a really first-class racer. 1987 Time 27 July 51/2 Lane again examines the sky for a sign of his racers. 2006 State Jrnl. (W. Va.) (Nexis) 3 Mar. 1 It's not the stud that makes the difference in whether a dog is a good racer or not. c. Any of numerous fast-moving colubrid snakes, typically long and slender; esp. any of various North American snakes of the genera Coluber and Masticophis, spec. (more fully black racer) the common C. constrictor. Frequently with distinguishing word.green racer: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of > member of genus Masticophis whip-snake1774 switch-snake1791 racer1818 coach-whip1827 prairie snake1832 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > genus or member of genus Coluber > coluber constrictor (racer) blacksnake1694 runner1795 racer1818 1818 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3 446 Coluber velox... (Racer Snake.) Black, belly white, tail blue underneath, 8 feet long, slender, very swift. 1868 T. F. Cronise Nat. Wealth Calif. 484 The ‘Green Racer’..is an olive-green snake, yellow beneath, three feet long, and found everywhere west of the Sierra. 1900 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1898 794 The Zamenis constrictor is the ‘black snake’ of the East and the ‘blue’ and ‘green racer’ of the West. 1954 R. C. Stebbins Amphibians & Reptiles Western N. Amer. 373/2 When foraging, like most racers, the head and neck are held well above the ground. 1983 J. C. Daniel Indian Reptiles 78 Fasciolated Ratsnake or Banded Racer. Argyrogena fasciolatus (Shaw). Harmless. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 200/2 The Northern black racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor ) does not grow much longer than 6 feet. †d. Any of various swift-running sand crabs of the genus Ocypode; a ghost crab. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands iv. 90 Another Land Crab, which..is popularly called the Racer,..is a native of Ceylon. e. U.S. colloquial. A large or thin individual of the North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush. Now rare or disused. ΚΠ 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 488 Two varieties [of lake-trout] are also recognized, one..known as ‘Reef Trout’, or when very large are called ‘Racers’. 1902 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Amer. Food & Game Fishes 204 Lake trout... Occasionally individuals, very thin in flesh and sickly-looking, known as ‘racers’ by fishermen are found swimming near the surface. 3. a. A vehicle capable of great speed, esp. one used for racing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > swift vehicle racera1800 velocipede1838 humper1895 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > [noun] > vehicle used for racing racera1800 racing car1842 a1800 W. Cowper Tale in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1803) II. App. 300 A ship!.. This racer of the sea. 1842 J. F. Cooper Two Admirals I. vii. 111 I belongs to a flag-ship, and a racer, and a craft as hasn't her equal on salt-water. 1878 Bicycle Jrnl. 18 Sept. 4/2 Their ‘roadsters’ no match for the French ‘racers’. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 3/2 No train..is timed to do the journey quicker than the above racers. 1903 Sci. Amer. 8 Aug. 96/1 Barney Oldfield, on the Ford-Cooper racer..has been steadily lowering track records. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down iii. viii. 553 They swooped and soared and dived from giddy heights on the Giant Racer until the whole glittering Fun Fair spun around them in one glorious daze. 1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 158 I wanted a bicycle, and she ran right out and bought me an English racer. 2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 May g12 Looks sportier than it is. More a touring car than a racer. †b. Mechanics. A part of a machine having a particularly rapid motion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > with rapid motion racer1874 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 355/2 When the braid is to be laid up flat,..each racer, as the spindle holders are called, makes a single course. 1882 Standard 23 Aug. 2/4 The ‘racer’, which is a half circle, and attached to the machinery, came down with terrific force. 4. Gunnery. A rail, forming a horizontal arc, on which the carriage or traversing platform of a gun is moved. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > track traverse circle1836 racer1853 1853 Aide-Mémoire to Mil. Sciences (ed. 2) I. 210 The following Table shews the different modes of pivoting, the radii of the racers, and distances from centre of pivot to extreme corners of the platform. 1861 Times 30 May 12/4 The carriages work on raised racers—that is, semi-circular lines of metal raised about 1½ inch above the terre-pleine. 1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 255 The racer is secured to the bedding-plate by steel bolts. 1927 Times 3 Oct. 8/2 When the trail is moved to right or left the gun wheels run round on the racers. 1978 Bull. Assoc. Preserv. Technol. 10 66 The racers were precisely levelled on heavy granite blocks before the concrete was poured. 2003 R. Chartrand Napoleon's Guns 37 At the centre of the rear..transom was a small wheel that fitted into a semi-circular iron rail (or ‘racer’) set in the ground. 5. An article of sportswear, esp. one designed for racing; (Australian and New Zealand) (in plural) a pair of swimming trunks. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > (suitable) for specific purpose > for swimming or bathing trunks1883 bathing-drawers1893 bathing trunks1895 bathing slips1904 Speedo1933 swimming trunks1943 bathers1945 cossie1958 baggies1962 jams1966 racer1969 1969 New Yorker 20 Sept. 149/2 (advt.) Baby him with our soft, zip-front creepers... Racer in medium blue. 1971 Telegraph (Brisbane) 21 Sept. 18/1 (advt.) Ash boys racers in bright florals..and plain colours. 1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. ii. 4/8 (advt.) Speedo togs in quick-drying Bri-nylon. Racers, boys..$4.75. 1988 Today's Runner June 36/1 I experimented by putting a light insole from an old pair of trainers that I was discarding into my ‘racers’. 2005 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. f3 The M906OR combines the durability and sole strength of a hiking shoe with the lightweight feel of a road racer. Compounds C1. attributive. Designating an article of clothing which is designed for racing or which has a racer back, as racer bra, racer shorts, racer suit, etc. ΚΠ 1963 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Nov. 87 (advt.) Quilted nylon racer jacket with hidden hood. 1966 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 12 Oct. 10/1 (advt.) Racer suits..14.99. 1990 Littlewoods Catal. Spring–Summer 310 (caption) Racer bra. Ideal for wearing under cut-away dresses or T-shirts. 1994 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Dec. (Tempo section) 18 For a bloke to express his innate personal style.., he has only to select from those four basic styling options: surfboard shorts, trunks.., racer briefs, or racer shorts. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Weekend section) 5 The extensive range of vests and tops..includes the Milly racer vest. C2. racer back n. a sporty style of back on an article of clothing; spec. a style of back on a sleeveless garment in which the shoulder straps meet between the shoulder blades; (also) an article of clothing (esp. a bra or swimsuit) having this; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1968 Winnipeg Free Press 20 June 48 (advt.) Trim fitting model has racer back..and hip pocket. 1974 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 1 Nov. 4 (advt.) New..racerback Olympic style suits. 1986 Women's Wear Daily (Nexis) 31 July A variety of bras—including racerbacks, convertibles, tubes. 2002 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 19/3 Purple racer-back singlets were offset with asymmetric skirts. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. e6/5 A mesh tennis dress with a pleated skirt and a racer back. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1570n.²1618
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Compounds

† racern.¹

racern.²