(originally Britain, idiomatic) A laborious but arbitrary and futile activity; an activity that amounts to running around in a circle, expending great energy but not accomplishing anything.

A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on his/her hands.

plural of race queen

(idiomatic, slang) A glamorous model accompanying the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.

A race between rowing crews. / (Cockney rhyming slang) The face. / (gambling, slang) A fixed horse race, with a specific horse arranged to win in advance.

(electronics, computing) A race condition.

(electronics, computing) A flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.

(of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.

To compete in race walking.

(music production) The practice of mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.