RACING


Meaning of RACING in English

[noun] [U]I enjoy cycling, but I'm not interested in racing.I like watching horse/motor racing on television.Racing is sometimes used to refer to horse races.Sean has written several books about racing.He always reads the racing pages in the paper.Have you got any racing tips (= suggestions about which horse might win a race) for me?A racing bike/cycle is a racer.A racing car is a low car with a powerful engine and wide wheels which is designed for use in races.See picture: CarsA racing driver is a driver who drives a racing car.Racing pigeons are pigeons that take part in races in which they are timed to see how long it takes them to fly home from the place where they have been released.If you have a racing start, you have an advantage when you are doing something because you start it more quickly than other people.We had a racing start over our competitors.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.