The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.
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Speeding
//ˈspiːdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "speeding" (19 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (9)
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5 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 超速行駛 /超速行驶 noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Estonian
1 entries- kiiruseületamine noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Finnish
4 entries- ylinopeutta ajava adj (moving at speed)
- nopeuttaminen noun (instance of acceleration)
- ylinopeuden ajaminen noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
- ylinopeus noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
French
1 entries- excès de vitesse noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
German
1 entries- Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyorshajtás noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Italian
1 entries- eccesso di velocità noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Japanese
1 entries- スピード違反 noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Polish
2 entries- pędzący adj (moving at speed)
- przekroczenie prędkości noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Portuguese
1 entries- excesso de velocidade noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Russian
1 entries- превыше́ние ско́рости noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Swedish
1 entries- fortkörning noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- переви́щення шви́дкості noun (driving faster than the legal speed limit)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The patrol car pursued a speeding sports car, but it all ended in a wild-goose chase.
Source: tatoeba (35125)
The policeman arrested him for speeding.
Source: tatoeba (48465)
The driver was charged with speeding.
Source: tatoeba (50169)
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