A vying with others for victory or supremacy

• warfare

  1. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.
  2. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:
  3. A state of disharmony or conflict; strife:

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• war

  1. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.
  2. The period of such conflict.
  3. The techniques and procedures of war; military science.

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• tug of war

  1. A contest of strength in which two teams tug on opposite ends of a rope, each trying to pull the other across a dividing line.
  2. A struggle for supremacy:

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• struggle

  1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass:
  2. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking:
  3. To have difficulty or make a strenuous effort doing something:

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• striving

  1. Present participle of strive.
  2. Effort.

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• strife

  1. Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement.
  2. A conflict or quarrel:
  3. Contention or competition between rivals.

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• rivalry

  1. The act of competing or emulating.
  2. The state or condition of being a rival.

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• corrivalry

  1. joint rivalry
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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• contest

  1. A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals:
  2. A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
  3. To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control:

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• competition

  1. The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
  2. A test of skill or ability; a contest:
  3. Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.

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• battle

  1. An encounter between opposing forces:
  2. Armed fighting; combat:
  3. A match between two combatants:

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To move swiftly

• nip

  1. To seize and pinch or bite:
  2. To remove or sever by pinching or snipping:
  3. To bite or sting with the cold; chill.

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• highball

  1. A cocktail served in a tall glass and consisting of liquor, such as whiskey, mixed with water or a carbonated beverage.
  2. A railroad signal indicating full speed ahead.
  3. A high-speed train.

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• barrel

  1. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.
  2. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.
  3. Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the US Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (117 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage.

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• rip

  1. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically.
  2. To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident:
  3. To split or saw (wood) along the grain.

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• hotfoot

  1. To go in haste. Often used with it :
  2. In haste.
  3. The practical joke of lighting a match that has been secretly inserted between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe.

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• zoom

  1. To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound:
  2. To move while making such a sound:
  3. To move rapidly:

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• zip

  1. A brief sharp hissing sound.
  2. Energy; vim:
  3. A zipper.

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• wing

  1. One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur.
  2. One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.
  3. A structure or part used by an animal for gliding through the air, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fins of a flying fish.

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• whiz

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
  2. To move or do something quickly:
  3. To pass quickly:

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• whisk

  1. To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions:
  2. To whip (eggs or cream).
  3. To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.

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• whirl

  1. To rotate rapidly about a center or an axis; spin.
  2. To move while rotating or turning about:
  3. To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel:

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• trot

  1. The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.
  2. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
  3. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.

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• tear

  1. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
  2. To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident:
  3. To lacerate (the skin, for example).

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• sprint

  1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.

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• speed

  1. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
  2. The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
  3. The magnitude of a velocity.

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• shoot

  1. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
  2. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile:
  3. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.

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• scour

  1. To clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously:
  2. To remove by scrubbing:
  3. To remove dirt or grease from (cloth or fibers) by means of a detergent.

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• scoot

  1. To move or go suddenly and speedily; hurry.
  2. To squirt with water:

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• sail

  1. A piece of fabric sewn together and fitted to the spars and rigging of a vessel so as to convert the force of the wind into forward motion of the vessel.
  2. The sails of a ship or boat.
  3. A narrow fairwater supporting the bridge of a submarine.

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• rush

  1. To move swiftly; hurry:
  2. To act with great haste:
  3. To make a sudden or swift attack or charge:

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• run

  1. To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
  2. To retreat rapidly; flee:
  3. To depart; leave:

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• rocket

  1. A rocket engine.
  2. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
  3. A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.

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• pelt

  1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
  2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

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• hustle

  1. To move or act energetically and rapidly:
  2. To push or force one's way.
  3. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.

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• hurry

  1. To move or act with speed or haste.
  2. To cause to move or act with speed or haste:
  3. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush:

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• hasten

  1. To move or act swiftly.
  2. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  3. To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case:

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• haste

  1. Rapidity of action or motion:
  2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
  3. To hasten or cause to hasten.

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• fly

  1. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
  2. To travel by air:
  3. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

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• flit

  1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  2. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
  3. A fluttering or darting movement.

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• fleet

  1. A number of warships operating together under one command.
  2. A group of vessels or vehicles, such as taxicabs or fishing boats, owned or operated as a unit.

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• flash

  1. To burst forth into or as if into flame.
  2. To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.
  3. To appear or occur suddenly:

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• festinate

  1. Hasty.
  2. To hasten.

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• dash

  1. To move with haste; rush:
  2. To strike violently; smash:
  3. To break or smash by striking violently:

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• dart

  1. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
  2. A game in which such missiles are thrown at a target.
  3. An object likened to such a missile.

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• bustle

  1. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
  2. Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.

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• bucket

  1. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.
  2. The amount that a bucket can hold:
  3. A unit of dry measure in the US Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).

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• bolt

  1. A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
  2. A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.
  3. A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.

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A physical division of humankind

• color

  1. The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects, and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.
  2. The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.
  3. A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue:

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• family

  1. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
  2. The children of one of these groups:
  3. A group of persons related by descent or marriage:

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• breed

  1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
  2. To bring about; engender:
  3. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection:

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• strain

  1. To pull, draw, or stretch tight:
  2. To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform.
  3. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost:

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• kind

  1. Having or showing a friendly, generous, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature.
  2. Agreeable or beneficial:

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• type

  1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class:
  2. A person or thing having the features of a group or class:
  3. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment:

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• variety

  1. The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity:
  2. A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment:
  3. Something that is distinguished from others of the same kind by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics:

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• stock

  1. A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
  2. The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
  3. All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.

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• species

  1. A group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other and are usually capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. The species is the fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus. Species names are represented in binomial nomenclature by an uncapitalized Latin adjective or noun following a capitalized genus name, as in Ananas comosus, the pineapple, and Equus caballus, the horse.
  2. A class of individuals or objects grouped by virtue of their common attributes and assigned a common name; a division subordinate to a genus.
  3. A set of atoms, molecules, ions, or other chemical entities that possess the same distinct characteristics with respect to a chemical process or measurement.

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Roughly, people united by blood or custom

• breeding population

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• clan

  1. A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.
  2. A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.
  3. A large group of relatives, friends, or associates.

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• populace

  1. The general public; the masses.
  2. A population.

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• population

  1. All of the people inhabiting a specified area.
  2. The total number of such people.
  3. The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area.

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• inhabitants

  1. plural form of inhabitant

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• community

  1. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.
  2. The district or locality in which such a group lives.
  3. A group of people having common interests:

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• lineage

  1. Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry.
  2. Derivation.
  3. The descendants of a common ancestor considered to be the founder of the line.

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• pedigree

  1. A line of ancestors; a lineage.
  2. A list of ancestors; a family tree.
  3. A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.

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• gene-pool

  1. The collective genetic information contained within a population of sexually reproducing organisms.

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• folk

  1. The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture:
  2. A nation; a people.
  3. People in general:

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• nation

  1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
  2. The territory occupied by such a group of people:
  3. The government of a sovereign state.

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• kind

  1. Having or showing a friendly, generous, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature.
  2. Agreeable or beneficial:

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• population connected by common descent

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• class

  1. A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
  2. A grade of mail:
  3. A quality of accommodation on public transport:

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• human-race

  1. mankind, humanity; humankind; Homo sapiens

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• ethnic stock

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• group

  1. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
  2. A set of two or more figures that make up a unit or design, as in sculpture.
  3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:

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• sect

  1. A group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice.
  2. A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination.
  3. A faction united by common interests or beliefs.

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• tribe

  1. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.
  2. Any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, namely, the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan.
  3. Any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel.

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• mankind

  1. The human race; humankind.
  2. Men as opposed to women.

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• humankind

  1. The human race:

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• a people

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• type

  1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class:
  2. A person or thing having the features of a group or class:
  3. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment:

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• variety

  1. The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity:
  2. A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment:
  3. Something that is distinguished from others of the same kind by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics:

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• caste

  1. Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.
  2. A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.
  3. A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.

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• ethnic-group

  1. A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of national, cultural, or religious grounds.

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• cultural group

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• culture

  1. The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group:
  2. These arts, beliefs, and other products considered with respect to a particular subject or mode of expression:
  3. The set of predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize a group or organization:

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• nationality

  1. The status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization.
  2. A people having common origins or traditions and often constituting a nation.
  3. Existence as a politically autonomous entity; national independence.

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A contest, usually of speed

• speedfest

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• track

  1. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.
  2. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks:
  3. A path along which something moves; a course:

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• turf

  1. A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots; sod.
  2. An artificial substitute for such a grassy layer, as on a playing field.
  3. A piece cut from a layer of earth or sod.

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• sweepstakes

  1. A lottery in which the participants' contributions form a fund that is awarded as a prize to one or several winners.
  2. An event or contest, especially a horserace, the result of which determines the winner of such a lottery.
  3. The prize won in such a lottery.

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• regatta

  1. A boat race or a series of boat races.

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• derby

  1. Any of various annual horseraces, especially for three-year-olds.
  2. A formal race usually having an open field of contestants:
  3. A stiff felt hat with a round crown and a narrow, curved brim.

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• concours (French)

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• lap

  1. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.
  2. The portion of a garment that covers the lap.
  3. A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

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• heat

  1. A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
  2. The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.
  3. The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.

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• match

  1. One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another:
  2. One that is like another in one or more specified qualities:
  3. One that is able to compete equally with another:

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• chase

  1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue:
  2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt:
  3. To seek the favor or company of persistently:

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• round pace

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• handicap

  1. A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning.
  2. Such an advantage or penalty.
  3. A physical or mental disability.

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• steeplechase

  1. A horserace across open country or over an obstacle course.
  2. A footrace of usually 3,000 meters over a closed track with four hurdles and a water obstacle.
  3. A course of action containing many obstacles.

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• motocross

  1. A cross-country motorcycle race over a closed course of rough terrain with steep hills and sharp curves.

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• drag-race

  1. A race between two cars to determine which can accelerate faster from a standstill.

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• road rally

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• road-race

  1. A race whose course follows one or more roads or trails rather than a track.

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• automobile race

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• dog race

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• horse-race

  1. a race for horses, usually, specif., one for horses ridden by jockeys over an oval track, with organized betting on the outcome
  2. a close, highly competitive contest, as in an election

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• footrace

  1. A race run by contestants on foot.

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• rush

  1. To move swiftly; hurry:
  2. To act with great haste:
  3. To make a sudden or swift attack or charge:

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• pursuit

  1. The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing:
  2. The act of striving to gain or accomplish something:
  3. An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.

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• clip

  1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
  2. To make shorter by cutting; trim:
  3. To cut off the edge of:

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• spurt

  1. A sudden forcible gush or jet.
  2. A sudden short burst, as of energy, activity, or growth.
  3. To gush forth suddenly in a jet.

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• scurry

  1. To go with light running steps; scamper.
  2. To flurry or swirl about.
  3. The act of scurrying.

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• competitive trial of speed

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• engagement

  1. The action of engaging or the state of being engaged:
  2. The condition of being in gear:
  3. A mutual promise to get married.

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• event

  1. Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence.
  2. A social gathering or activity:
  3. A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet:

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• meet

  1. To come into the presence of by chance or arrangement:
  2. To come into the company of:
  3. To be introduced to; make the acquaintance of:

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• clash

  1. To collide with a loud, harsh, usually metallic noise:
  2. To meet in violent conflict:
  3. To be in opposition or disagreement:

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• marathon

  1. A cross-country footrace of 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 kilometers).
  2. A long-distance race other than a footrace:
  3. A contest of endurance:

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• relay

  1. An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another.
  2. A relay race.
  3. A division of a relay race.

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• sprint

  1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.

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• dash

  1. To move with haste; rush:
  2. To strike violently; smash:
  3. To break or smash by striking violently:

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• run

  1. To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
  2. To retreat rapidly; flee:
  3. To depart; leave:

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• competition

  1. The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
  2. A test of skill or ability; a contest:
  3. Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.

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To move at great speed

• scoot

  1. To move or go suddenly and speedily; hurry.
  2. To squirt with water:

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• skedaddle

  1. To leave hastily; flee.

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• get-the-lead-out

  1. (idiomatic, dated) to go faster; to hurry up

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• step-on-it

  1. To drive fast; to step on the accelerator.
  2. (idiomatic) To act quickly.

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• gun the motor

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• burn up the road

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• outstrip the wind

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• wing one's way

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• crowd-sail

  1. (nautical) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.

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• run like mad

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• barrel

  1. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.
  2. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.
  3. Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the US Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (117 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage.

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• make-tracks

  1. (idiomatic) To leave or depart; to go away.
  2. (idiomatic) To leave in a hurry.

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• high-tail-it

  1. (idiomatic) To hurry or run; often, to flee.

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• hotfoot-it

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to hasten; to move rapidly

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• ride hard

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• bowl along

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• skim

  1. To remove floating matter from (a liquid).
  2. To remove (floating matter) from a liquid.
  3. To embezzle (money) by taking a small portion on each transaction:

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• post

  1. A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground to serve as a marker or support.
  2. A support for a beam in the framework of a building.
  3. A terminal of a battery.

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• shoot

  1. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
  2. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile:
  3. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.

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• whisk

  1. To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions:
  2. To whip (eggs or cream).
  3. To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.

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• scramble

  1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
  2. To struggle or contend frantically in order to get something:
  3. To take off with all possible haste, as to intercept enemy aircraft.

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• bolt

  1. A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
  2. A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.
  3. A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.

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• zoom

  1. To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound:
  2. To move while making such a sound:
  3. To move rapidly:

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• whiz

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
  2. To move or do something quickly:
  3. To pass quickly:

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• plunge ahead

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• hurtle

  1. To move with or as if with great speed:
  2. To fling with great force; hurl.

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• scamper

  1. To run or go quickly and lightly:
  2. A quick light run or movement.

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• dart

  1. A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
  2. A game in which such missiles are thrown at a target.
  3. An object likened to such a missile.

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• scurry

  1. To go with light running steps; scamper.
  2. To flurry or swirl about.
  3. The act of scurrying.

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• scuttle

  1. A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.
  2. The lid or hatch of such an opening.
  3. To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).

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• swoop

  1. To move in a sudden sweep:
  2. To make a rush or an attack with a sudden sweeping movement. Often used with down :
  3. To seize or snatch in a sudden sweeping movement.

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• sprint

  1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.

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• rush

  1. To move swiftly; hurry:
  2. To act with great haste:
  3. To make a sudden or swift attack or charge:

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• scorch

  1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of.
  2. To dry out or wither with intense heat:
  3. To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.

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• scud

  1. To run or skim along swiftly and easily:
  2. To run before a gale with little or no sail set.
  3. The act of scudding.

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• hie

  1. To go quickly; hasten.

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• hustle

  1. To move or act energetically and rapidly:
  2. To push or force one's way.
  3. To act aggressively, especially in business dealings.

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• flit

  1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  2. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
  3. A fluttering or darting movement.

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• fly

  1. To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
  2. To travel by air:
  3. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

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• trip

  1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
  2. A stumble or fall.
  3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.

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• hasten

  1. To move or act swiftly.
  2. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  3. To cause to happen sooner than otherwise would be the case:

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• run swiftly

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• dash

  1. To move with haste; rush:
  2. To strike violently; smash:
  3. To break or smash by striking violently:

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• press-on

  1. (idiomatic) to persist, continue to advance

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• spurt

  1. A sudden forcible gush or jet.
  2. A sudden short burst, as of energy, activity, or growth.
  3. To gush forth suddenly in a jet.

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• bustle

  1. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
  2. Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.

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• tear around

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• tear

  1. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
  2. To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident:
  3. To lacerate (the skin, for example).

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• chase

  1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue:
  2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt:
  3. To seek the favor or company of persistently:

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• pursue

  1. To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase:
  2. To strive to gain or accomplish:
  3. To proceed along the course of; follow:

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• run

  1. To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
  2. To retreat rapidly; flee:
  3. To depart; leave:

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• hurry

  1. To move or act with speed or haste.
  2. To cause to move or act with speed or haste:
  3. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush:

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• speed

  1. Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
  2. The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
  3. The magnitude of a velocity.

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• gallop

  1. A gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
  2. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
  3. A ride taken at a gallop.

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• race-walk

  1. to compete in race walking
  2. (athletics) A racewalking race.

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• sprint

  1. The act or an instance of sprinting, especially a short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.

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• run

  1. To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
  2. To retreat rapidly; flee:
  3. To depart; leave:

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• enter a competition

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• engage in a contest of speed

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• follow a course

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• contend

  1. To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle:
  2. To strive in competition, as in a race; vie:
  3. To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.

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• compete in a race

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• run a race

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