time trial

time trial

noun

: a race in which competitors are timed as they race over a course and the one who completes the course in the least amount of time is the winner

Full Definition of TIME TRIAL

:  a competitive event (as in auto racing) in which individuals are successively timed over a set course or distance

Examples of TIME TRIAL

1. He posted the second best lap in the time trials.

First Known Use of TIME TRIAL

circa 1949

Rhymes with TIME TRIAL

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