Speeding
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 (Instance of) acceleration. countable
"[…] 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."
- 2 changing location rapidly wordnet
- 3 Driving faster than the legal speed limit. uncountable
"He was fined $100 for speeding."
- 1 present participle and gerund of speed form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Travelling very fast; moving at speed. not-comparable
- 2 Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists). not-comparable
"We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist."
- 3 Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson."
Etymology
From speed + -ing.
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