boy racer
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A young man who drives recklessly fast, especially one who participates in gatherings of car-culture enthusiasts and/or in illegal street racing.
New Zealand usage; British usage
Example Sentences
- "By this time in the evening, the city was mainly quiet, with one exception, boy racers; young men out to impress each other, as well as the city's young females, periodically tore along the street, in a variety of cars, booming out ‘musical’ bass rhythms, apparently oblivious of the speed limits and any concern for anybody else."
- "He and his boy racer mates used to spend every Friday and Saturday nights spreading diesel across the roads and racing their cars."
- "2011, Andy Frankham-Allen, Seeker, Untreed Reads, unnumbered page, The sound of music pumping from the arcades was one thing, this was a standard sound expected in a seaside resort, but the cacophony of the boy racers was not."
Usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage