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speeding en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈspiːdɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From speed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
2. (not-comparable) 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
3. (not-comparable) 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. 2010, Patti Smith, Just Kids, Ecco, published 2010, page 112:

Deriveds

speedingly

Translations (2)

fi ylinopeutta ajava (moving at speed) · pl pędzący (moving at speed)

speeding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspiːdɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From speed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (countable) (Instance of) acceleration.
   • We have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings. 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
   • […] 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. 1826, Roger North, The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; the Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North:
2. (uncountable) Driving faster than the legal speed limit.
   • He was fined $100 for speeding.

Forms

Deriveds

antispeeding · hydrospeeding · speeding ticket

Translations (15)

fr excès de vitesse (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · ja スピード違反 (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · sv fortkörning (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · uk переви́щення шви́дкості (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · hu gyorshajtás (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · fi ylinopeuden ajaminen (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · it eccesso di velocità (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · fi nopeuttaminen (instance of acceleration) · fi ylinopeus (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · et kiiruseületamine (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · pt excesso de velocidade (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · de Geschwindigkeitsüberschreitung (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · ru превыше́ние ско́рости (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · cmn 超速行駛 /超速行驶 (driving faster than the legal speed limit) · pl przekroczenie prędkości (driving faster than the legal speed limit)

speeding en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈspiːdɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From speed + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of speed
   form of speed