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Speeding

//ˈspiːdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Travelling very fast; moving at speed. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists). not-comparable

    "We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist."

  3. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    changing location rapidly wordnet
  3. 3
    Driving faster than the legal speed limit. uncountable

    "He was fined $100 for speeding."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of speed form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From speed + -ing.

Etymology 2

From speed + -ing.

Etymology 3

From speed + -ing.

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