speedstern.
/ˈspiːdstə/, U.S. /ˈspidstər/ 1. A fast motor vehicle; a speed-boat.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > fast car
speedster1918
1918 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Addenda Speedster,..a high-speed roadster, usually with low seats, accommodating two persons seated side by side.
1928 Daily Express 3 Sept. 5/5 But I'm not telling everyone who comes up in a swell speedster [sc. a speed-boat].
1929 Motor Boat Man. (ed. 9) 281 Owing to the demand for high-powered engines a racing unit known as the Elto Speedster..was introduced.
1929 Motor Boat Man. (ed. 9) 283 The twin-cylinder Speedster model.
1977 ‘J. Gash’ Judas Pair vi. 72 He lived about fifteen miles off the trunk road... I patted my speedster and swung the handle.
2.
a. A motorist who drives fast.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > fast or reckless
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automaniac1902
speed merchant1913
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1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Oct. 25/3 As a means of checking up on the speedster, a device has been invented.
1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 17 May 8/5 Lochiel criticised the making of trunk roads for the use of south speedsters.
1974 J. Cleary Peter's Pence vii. 197 McBride drove fast: in Rome slow drivers got more attention..than speedsters.
b. More generally, a person who moves or acts very quickly, a fast runner. Also applied to animals.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly
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fast-goera1628
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careerer1844
racehorse1854
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speedster1927
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > running > a runner > a swift runner
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speedster1927
1927 Bulletin 13 June 22/2 Women Air ‘Speedsters’.
1947 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Nov. b7/7 The 175-pound speedster from Bridgeton, N.J., never quit running until he was across the goalline.
1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain iv. 48 The four speedsters made a sudden concentrated rush at the meat-rich tycoon.
1977 Time 13 June 21/2 An American track-meet promoter, anxious to lure a top dash man to his indoor meet to increase the gate, called a speedster and promised him $800 plus expenses for joining the field.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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