track star

English

Alternative forms

• trackstar

Pronunciation

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Noun

track star (plural track stars)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Somebody who is swift or excels in athletic running or in an occupation likened to it.
   • 2015 February 19, “Track Star” (track 11), in SD (lyrics), Life of a Savage 4‎^[1]:

     I think that boy’s a track star, yeah he can run fast

   • 2020 June 17, “Track Star”, Mooski (lyrics)‎^[2]:

     She's a runner, she's a track star
     She gon' run away when it gets hard

   • 2020 September 18, Justin Bieber (lyrics and music), “Holy” (track 5), in Justice (Target Exclusive)‎^[3]:

     Runnin' to the altar like a track star

   • 2021 October 26, “Waddup”, PGF Nuk (lyrics)‎^[4]:

     Ayy, that's how I'm coming bitch
     Like a track star, I'm on my block really runnin' shit
     I do this shit in real life, boy this shit is not a skit