Meanings
speedway1
plural speedways
- uncountableA form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
Synonyms: motorcycle speedway
- uncountableA form of bicycle racing on flat (nonbanked) oval dirt tracks.
Synonyms: cycle speedway, bicycle speedway
- countableuncountableA racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
Synonyms: motor speedway, motorway
- countableuncountableA positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
Synonyms: motor speedway, motorway
- countableuncountableA size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
Synonyms: motor speedway, motorway
- UScountableuncountableA road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
Speedway2
- An enclave of Indianapolis, Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States.
A couple of broad ideas they determined included converting Indianapolis into a single, countywide government led by a strong mayor, and, for political purposes, omitting the school districts and the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway from any consolidation efforts.
2014 May 28, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
nounA form of bicycle racing on flat (nonbanked) oval dirt tracks.
nounA racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
nounA positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
nounA size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
Origin
Speedway · proper noun
Capitalization of speedway. Named after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (The Brickyard), a superspeedway (“banked oval motor racetrack”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian мотоциклетно състезание, мотописта
- мотоциклетно състезание (motocikletno săstezanie)motorcycle racing
- мотописта (motopista)racetrack
Finnish speedway, speedwayrata
- speedwaymotorcycle racing
- speedwayrataracetrack
Polish żużel, tor żużlowy
- żużelmotorcycle racing
- tor żużlowyracetrack
Russian спидве́й, трек
- спидве́й (spidvɛ́j)motorcycle racing
- трек (trɛk)racetrack
Cite this entry
speedway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedway
“speedway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedway. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speedway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedway.
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