speeding
Collocations
3(noun.)
VERB + SPEEDING
fine sb for, stop sb for
My brother got fined for speeding on the highway last month.
SPEEDING + NOUN
conviction, offence
fine
Sarah received a speeding fine in the mail after being caught going too fast on the highway.
Definitions
adj
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.
The NTSB said on Tuesday that the 2022 North Las Vegas crash highlights the need for intelligent speed assistance technology and countermeasures including interlock program for repeat speeding offenders. National Transportation Safety Board Calls For Speed-Limiting Tech in Cars, Road track, 15 Nov 2023
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
(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.
We have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings.
Driving faster than the legal speed limit.
He was fined $100 for speeding.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — changing location rapidly
- speed
- hurrying
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.
WiktionaryThe NTSB said on Tuesday that the 2022 North Las Vegas crash highlights the need for intelligent speed assistance technology and countermeasures including interlock program for repeat speeding offende
WiktionaryBob 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.
Wiktionary[…] 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
WiktionaryWe have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings.
WiktionaryHe was fined $100 for speeding.
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