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Definition of Speeding
1. Noun. Changing location rapidly.
Generic synonyms: Motion, Move, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Acceleration, Quickening, Speedup, Deceleration, Scud, Scudding
Derivative terms: Hurry, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speed, Speedy, Speed, Speed
Definition of Speeding
1. Verb. (present participle of speed) ¹
2. Adjective. That speeds. ¹
3. Noun. acceleration ¹
4. Noun. Driving faster than the legal speed limit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speeding
1. the act of driving faster than the law allows [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speeding
Literary usage of Speeding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Automobiles by Xenophon Pearce Huddy (1909)
"Excuses for speeding. Many and various are the excuses that are offered by drivers
accused of speeding, the following being a few of those most commonly ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"EUM^US COMETH BACK TO TELEMACHUS AT THE BOOTH, AND TELLETH OF THE speeding OF
HIS MESSAGE. AS it fell, in the booth Odysseus, and the swineherd, ..."
3. Young Drivers: The Road to Safety by Transport Research Centre, OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre, Oecd, Evropská konference ministrů dopravy, Economic Commission for Europe, Inc NetLibrary, United Nations (2006)
"speeding speeding - ie excessive and inappropriate speed - is the number one road
... Young drivers are over-represented in speeding behaviour, crashes and ..."
4. Trade Association Activities and the Law: A Discussion of the Legal and by Franklin Daniel Jones (1922)
"In other ways the trade association of an industry can aid in speeding up the
movement of goods to the consumer. Uniform Trading Rules. ..."
5. Trade Association Activities and the Law: A Discussion of the Legal and by Franklin Daniel Jones (1922)
"In other ways the trade association of an industry can aid in speeding up the
... There is no procedure to be followed in buying or selling. In- speeding ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"And о Mr. Hook's Microscopy f has our old friend brought before us his love о
science, his household habitudes, and his innocen superstitions. speeding home ..."
7. The Bookman (1907)
"... returning to New York from New Haven the evening after a football game, is
held up for alleged speeding, that suggests more than mere invention. ..."
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