footrace

noun

foot·​race ˈfu̇t-ˌrās How to pronounce footrace (audio)
: a race run by humans on foot

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Another standalone song is performed by a character only tangentially connected to Elmer: In 1928, to promote the completion of the cross-country Route 66, civic organizers sponsored a footrace that took runners from one coast to the other. Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025 On Saturday, Beijing hosted what’s being called the world’s first humanoid half-marathon—a footrace that pitted human runners against human-like robots. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025 Michael Callahan failed to corral the puck at the offensive blue line, sending him stumbling into a neutral-zone footrace with Nesterenko. Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025 The statement of carrying this symbolic weight through the toughest footrace on Earth through the Sahara Desert was certainly a powerful one. Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for footrace

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of footrace was in 1592

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“Footrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footrace. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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footrace

noun
foot·​race -ˌrās How to pronounce footrace (audio)
: a race run on foot

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