Indy car

noun

In·​dy car ˈin-dē- How to pronounce Indy car (audio)
: a single-seat open-cockpit racing car with the engine in the rear

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His first-person stories include supersonic rides in seven separate aircraft pulling up to 9 Gs and flying to 84,000 feet; driving a Bugatti at 253 mph and Indy cars at 200 mph; expeditions to the North and South Poles; summiting the Matterhorn and 23,000-ft. Jim Clash, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 The aircraft was incredibly responsive, like an Indy car at high speed. Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 The post included a special graphic with an Indy car stretching across Memorial Stadium and also one of the original photos from the shoot. Bruce Martin, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 Driver Leon Duray ran his Indy car on ethanol way back in the '20s. Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 May 2016 See All Example Sentences for Indy car

Word History

Etymology

indy by shortening & alteration from Indianapolis, Indiana

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Indy car was in 1964

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“Indy car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Indy%20car. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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