sportster

sport·ster

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spawrt-ster, spohrt-]
- /ˈspɔrt stər, ˈspoʊrt-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spawrt-ster, spohrt-]
- /ˈspɔrt stər, ˈspoʊrt-/

Definition of sportster word

noun sportster a sports car. 1

Just one definition for sportster

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Origin of sportster

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

1960-65; sport(s car) + -ster, on the model of dragster, roadster, etc.

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Parts of speech for Sportster

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sportster

sportster popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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