"street race" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: street races [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} street race (plural street races)
  1. (motor racing) An instance of street racing; a competitive race between cars driving on public roads rather than a race track. Categories (topical): Motor racing, Motor racing
    Sense id: en-street_race-en-noun-zcT51cnW Disambiguation of Motor racing: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

Verb

Forms: street races [present, singular, third-person], street racing [participle, present], street raced [participle, past], street raced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} street race (third-person singular simple present street races, present participle street racing, simple past and past participle street raced)
  1. To race in a street race. Synonyms: street-race
    Sense id: en-street_race-en-verb-0oaPrwHa

Inflected forms

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