1
: one that races or is used for racing
2
: any of various active American colubrid snakes (such as genera Coluber and Mastigophis): such as
a
b
Examples of racer in a Sentence
He is a stock car racer.
His horse will be a great racer.
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Knight and Bowe began dating at the 2022 Beijing Games after the hockey star asked to join the racer on daily walks through the Olympic village.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Their numbers, on average, are similar to skimo racers, says Verena Menz, an exercise physiologist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, who studies these athletes.
—Matt Fuchs, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Bindings' applications differ To avoid skis popping off, ski technicians crank up racers' bindings so they are virtually locked in.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
That was not the case this month, when the International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing in the 2026 Olympic Games.
—Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Their numbers, on average, are similar to skimo racers, says Verena Menz, an exercise physiologist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, who studies these athletes.
—Matt Fuchs, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Bindings' applications differ To avoid skis popping off, ski technicians crank up racers' bindings so they are virtually locked in.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
That was not the case this month, when the International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing in the 2026 Olympic Games.
—Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
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racer
noun
rac·er
ˈrā-sər 
1
: one that races or is used for racing
2
: any of various long swift usually black or bluish American snakes
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