pit crew

noun

The mechanics who work on a car during pit stops.

Meanings

nounpit crew (plural pit crews)

plural pit crews

  1. hobbiesThe mechanics who work on a car during pit stops.
    1 more example

    Now, faults can be diagnosed remotely and (in many cases) fixed before the train even reaches the depot. "It's our version of Formula 1 telemetry," quips Hinze. "It is similar for us to how a pit crew in Formula 1 can understand an issue as the car is coming into the pits - because it has that data to hand already. You know what's wrong before it arrives."

    2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 26
Cite this entry
APA

pit crew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pit%20crew

MLA

“pit crew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pit%20crew. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pit crew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pit%20crew.

Source: pit crew on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.