speeding

Plural: speedings

Noun

• The offense of driving a vehicle faster than the legal limit.
• changing location rapidly
• (Instance of) acceleration.
• Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

Verb

• move fast
• move faster
• move very fast
• travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
  • "I got a ticket for speeding"
• cause to move faster
• present participle and gerund of speed

Adj

• Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
• Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).
• Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines.

Examples

• Accused of speeding through his Scrabble turn, he actually just had a clear bingo in mind.
• He was fined $100 for speeding.

Synonyms

accelerate, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hurrying, pelt along, quicken, race, rush, rush along, speed, speed up, step on it, travel rapidly, zip

Antonyms

decelerate, linger

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