speeding

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of speed

2. 2

   Travelling very fast

   Travelling very fast; moving at speed.

3. 3

   Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).

   • We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.
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   1. 4

      Under the influence of the drug speed

      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.
   2. 5

      (Instance of) acceleration.

      • […] 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.
      • We have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings.
   3. 6

      Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

      • He was fined $100 for speeding.

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