time attack
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]time + attack. Time-trial sense is a calque of Japanese タイムアタック (taimu atakku), itself from English.
Noun
[edit]time attack (plural time attacks)
- (motor racing, video games) Synonym of time trial
- Coordinate term: score attack
- 2006, “Time Attack FAQ's”, in Time Attack - Official Website[1], archived from the original on 2007-09-12:
- Starting off in Japan, Time Attack, Super Lap and Tuner Battles were organised by the media as a proving ground to see the difference between street tuned cars, produced by the tuning industries most respected tuners.
- 2013, Matt Fox, The Video Games Guide:
- There are only eight levels but the varied game modes (including time attacks, survivals, team deathmatches, hunts, and sieges) in both single and multi-player keeps things interesting.
- An attack in which one may gain an advantage in time against one's opponent or rival.
- 1891, Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume 35, page 364:
- It was a time attack; if my opponents did not get up to my position and were not able to drive me from that position by a certain time, I won the day.