speeding
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speeding
- /ˈspiːdɪŋ/
Rhymes with -iːdɪŋ
Where it comes from
From speed + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of speed
adjective
- Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
- Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists). We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.
- Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines. Bob Dylan composed “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” on our floor, and a speeding Edie Sedgwick was said to have set her room on fire while gluing on her thick false eyelashes by candlelight.
noun speedings
- (Instance of) acceleration. […] a hearing, with a file of orders in the solicitor's bundle, as big as the common-prayer-book, for commissions, injunctions, publications, speedings, delayings, and other interlocutories; all dear ware to the client in every respect.
- Driving faster than the legal speed limit. He was fined $100 for speeding.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hastening, hurrying, fast, accelerating, accelerated, accelerate, rapidity, expedite, rapid, speedy, rushing, pace, overshoot, excess, promptness, rate
Translations
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noun driving faster than the legal speed limit
| 日本語 | スピード違反 supīdo ihan |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 超速行駛 /超速行驶 chāosù xíngshǐ |
| Português | excesso de velocidade |
| Français | excès de vitesse |
| Deutsch | Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung |
| Italiano | eccesso di velocità |
| Русский | превыше́ние ско́рости prevyšénije skórosti |
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