boat race noun 4boat-race verb 1forms 4 noun4 •A race between rowing crews.The Oxford and Cambridge boat race is held on the Thames every year. •(slang) The face. •(slang) A fixed horse race, with a specific horse arranged to win in advance. •(US, slang) A contest in which one competitor boat-races the other(s) boat-race verb1 •(US, informal) to defeat by a wide margin, especially after establishing and sustaining an early leadOn Friday night, the Golden State Warriors boat raced the Utah Jazz by a score of 127-86. ... The game was decided so early that Steph Curry didn’t even play in the fourth quarter. — 2024 formsboat-raced · boat-racing · boat-races · boat races