plural of drag-racing boat

A competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting / An exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign).

A mestizo race formed in America from indigenous people and Spanish colonizers.

(especially Nazism) A race of people who are superior to others.

(economics) A situation in which competition between governments leads to very excessive (harmful) deregulation.

A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology. / (figuratively) Any similar competition that involves competing developments.

(cycle racing) A multi-day cycle race consisting of a series of separate races (called stages) of various types (road races, criteriums, time trials) usually held one stage per day and all linked together by the general classification (GC).

The rotary, rather than propulsive, motion produced by a propeller. / (mechanics) The rotation of the inner and outer parts of a bearing race.

A field glass used at horseraces, usually as a pair (binoculars).

The use of racially derisive language, actions, or other forms of communication in order to set people against each other, usually in the context of white and black people.