stock car

noun

1
: a latticed railroad boxcar for carrying livestock
2
: a racing car having the basic chassis of a commercially produced assembly-line model

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Paul Goldsmith, an iconic figure in American stock car racing, has died. Chantz Martin, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024 An eye-popping exchange early Friday on X between one of the most powerful figures in American motorsports and one of stock car racing’s most prominent drivers/team owners resurfaced current and long-standing tension in the NASCAR garage. Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 5 Apr. 2024 Martinsville Speedway opened in 1947 and has hosted NASCAR Cup Series races since the premier stock car racing series began in 1948. Since 1964, the winning driver at Martinsville Speedway has been given a full-sized grandfather clock as the trophy for their victory. Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Announced by Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser will sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a select series of grassroots late-model stock car races over the next year, bringing back a celebrated alliance that first began during Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR career from 1999 to 2007. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stock car 

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stock car was in 1858

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“Stock car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20car. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

stock car

noun
: a racing car that is similar to regular cars

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