Crossword clues for dragster
dragster
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1954, from drag (n.) in the racing sense + -ster, perhaps abstracted from roadster.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing. 2 One who engages in drag racing.
Wikipedia
Dragster may refer to
- Dragster, a rock band of the new wave of British heavy metal era.
- Dragster (video game), a video game released in 1980.
- Dragster (vehicle), a drag racing term referring to a lengthy, open-wheeled vehicle
- Top Thrill Dragster, a roller coaster at Cedar Point that is commonly called the Dragster
Dragster, released in 1980 for the Atari 2600, is the first video game developed by Activision. It was programmed by David Crane, who later wrote Pitfall! The object of the game is to either beat the player's opponent across the screen, or to race against the clock for best time, depending on the settings used. Dragster is an unauthorized adaptation of the 1977 Kee Games coin-op Drag Race.
Usage examples of "dragster".
Richard strode through the car park and its exemplary diversity of stilled traffic, like an illustration of all you might meet on the contemporary road with its contraflow and intercool: hearse, heap, dragster, dump truck, duchess-wagon, cripple-bubble.
Other dragsters brought their bikes on trailers, handling them like Ming vases.
This was the term Jordan coined for the semi-suicidal dragsters who would go roaring past at high speeds, usually in the middle of the road, always with their high beams glaring.
On a return vacation to Hawaii several years later, I found that the car had been converted to a dragster that won several trophies on the local drag strip.