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RACER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender fast-moving North American snakes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("racer" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racer"):
black racer; blacksnake; Coluber constrictor (blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet)
Coluber hippocrepis; horseshoe whipsnake (slender fast-moving Eurasian snake)
Holonyms ("racer" is a member of...):
Coluber; genus Coluber (racers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An animal that races
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("racer" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racer"):
greyhound (a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog)
steeplechaser (a horse trained to run in steeplechases)
finisher (an animal that wins in a contest of speed)
Derivation:
race (compete in a race)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A fast car that competes in races
Synonyms:
race car; racer; racing car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("racer" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Meronyms (parts of "racer"):
cockpit (seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racer"):
finisher (a race car that finishes a race)
stock car (a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car)
Derivation:
race (compete in a race)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
Synonyms:
automobile driver; race driver; racer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("racer" is a kind of...):
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racer"):
finisher (a racing driver who finishes a race)
Instance hyponyms:
Barney Oldfield; Berna Eli Oldfield; Oldfield (United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946))
Derivation:
race (cause to move fast or to rush or race)
