short track

English

Alternative forms

• short-track, shorttrack

Noun

short track (countable and uncountable, plural short tracks)

1. (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short,‎ track.
   1. (iceskating) A short-track speedskating oval.
   2. (motor racing) A speedway oval of less than one mile in track circuit length.
2. (uncountable, ice skating) A subdiscipline of speed skating, where skaters race around an ice rink, the size of an ice hockey rink; typically in mass start racing, against other skaters in heats.

   Hypernym: speed skating

Related terms

• long track

 

Translations

short track speed skating

• French: patinage de vitesse court piste, patinage de vitesse sur court piste