dragster
English
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Noun
[edit]dragster (plural dragsters)
- A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
- 1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10:
- On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]
- 2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63:
- In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]
- One who takes part in drag racing.
- Synonym: dragger
- (slang) A drag queen.
- 1999, The Advocate, number 801, page 57:
- Dragsters Justin Bond and Jackie Beat kick up their own New York "holigay" spirit
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participant in drag racing — see dragger
drag queen — see drag queen
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[edit]dragster m (uncountable)
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