Meanings
plural dragsters
- A heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing.
On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]
1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 101 more example
In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]
2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63 - One who takes part in drag racing.
Synonyms: dragger
- slangA drag queen.
Dragsters Justin Bond and Jackie Beat kick up their own New York "holigay" spirit
1999, The Advocate, number 801, page 57
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who takes part in drag racing.
Origin
Translations
Finnish dragsteri
- dragsterivehicle
Cite this entry
dragster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragster
“dragster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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