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Runners at the Women's Marathon during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London: (left to right) Gladys Tejeda (Peru), Rasa Drazdauskaitė (Lithuania), Nastassia Staravoitava (Belarus), Sviatlana Kouhan (Belarus), and Ümmü Kiraz (Turkey)

Noun

victory lap ‎(plural victory laps)

1. (sports) A celebratory extra lap of the race track taken after the conclusion of a race.
2. (Canada, US, education, slang) One or more years of study beyond the traditional four taken to complete one's undergraduate degree.
3. (Canada, chiefly Ontario, education, slang) One or more additional years of study in high school.

Translations

Synonyms

• lap of honor, lap of honour

External links

• victory lap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia