race car

noun

US
: a very fast car that is used in professional auto racing

Examples of race car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Hilton, with a white chocolate race car on the welcome tray and a full kitchen running at 3 am, seems to have figured out what that looks like. — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 3 June 2026 Here’s everything to know about Kyle Busch's wife Samantha and her relationship with the late race car driver. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026 After a rare weekend outside of a race car, Kyle Larson returns to Bristol Motor Speedway raring to go. — Nate Ryan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for race car

Rhymes for race car

See All Rhymes for race car

Browse Nearby Words

Race, Cape
race car
race card
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Race car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20car. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

Kids Definition

race car

noun
: a very fast car that is used in professional auto racing
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of gambol

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All