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1. The sport of engaging in contests of speed

1. Move fast
   "The cars raced down the street";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, travel rapidly, hurry, zip
    
2. Compete in a race
   "let's race and see who gets there first";
   - run
    
3. To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
   "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"
    
4. Cause to move fast or to rush or race
   "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze";
   - rush

Derived forms: racings

Type of: act, athletics, compete, contend, displace, go, locomote, move, sport, travel, vie

Encyclopedia: Racing