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speeding
speed·ing S0621500 (spē′dĭng)adj. Moving with speed.n. The act or instance of operating a motor vehicle or motorboat faster than allowed by law.speeding (ˈspiːdɪŋ) n1. (Automotive Engineering) a. the act of driving a vehicle at high speed, esp in excess of the speed limitb. (as modifier): a speeding offence. 2. (Automotive Engineering) (as modifier): a speeding offence. speed•ing (ˈspi dɪŋ)
n. an exceeding of the speed limit. [1905–10] Speeding (See also INSTANTANEOUSNESS, PACE.) ball the jack To travel at full speed; to go or act quickly; to stake everything on one attempt. In railroad terminology ball is a truncated form of highball, a railroad signal for a jack, or locomotive, to accelerate to full speed. The word derives from the signal itself—a raised pole with a metal ball attached to it. Ball the jack is a slang phrase now used to apply to swift action of any type. Perhaps the secondary meaning of staking everything on one attempt is related to the opening of the engine’s throttle to reach maximum speed. Both are all-out, all-or-nothing, no-holds-barred efforts. “Ballin’ the jack” is also the name of a dance and the title of a song by Chris Smith and Jim Burris, both of which were popular in the early 1900s. burn up the road To drive or move extremely fast; to go at full speed; also to burn the breeze (primarily Southwestern use) or earth or wind. To burn the earth or wind dates from the late 1800s, while to burn the road and to burn the breeze did not appear until the 1930s. A similar popular American slang expression is to burn rubber, an allusion to the screeching of automobile tires and the streaks of burned rubber left on the road due to rapid acceleration. go two-forty To move at a rapid clip; to run, race, or tear; to bustle, hurry, or rush. In horse racing, the former trotting record for a mile was two minutes and forty seconds. Early use incorporated this time record in phrases such as at a pace or rate of two-forty, but by the turn of the century two-forty had taken on its current adverbial function. He’s going it two-forty a minute. (Mary Waller, The Wood-Carver of ’Lympus, 1904) hotfoot To go with great speed, to hurry, to run; also to hotfoot it. Although the exact origin of this chiefly U.S. expression is unknown, it may refer to the heat generated by running fast. Hotfoot is also the name of a practical joke which consists of inserting a match between the sole and the upper of someone’s shoe, and then lighting the match. However, this use of the term dates from only the 1930s, while the other was in use as early as 1896. When O’Dowd did hear … he would hot-foot out to Quilty and make the sale. (John O’Hara, Appointment in Samarra, 1934) let her rip See UNRESTRAINT. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  speeding - changing location rapidly hurrying, speedmovement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"speedup, acceleration, quickening - the act of accelerating; increasing the speeddeceleration - the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"scud, scudding - the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) |
Translationsspeed (spiːd) noun1. rate of moving. a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed. 速度 速度2. quickness of moving. 急行 急行 verb1. (past tense, past participles sped (sped) ˈspeeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry. The car sped/speeded along the motorway. 迅速(前進) 迅速（前进） 2. (past tense, past participle ˈspeeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law. The policeman said that I had been speeding. 超速(開車) 超速（开车） ˈspeeding noun driving at (an illegally) high speed. He was fined for speeding. 超速行駛 超速行驶ˈspeedy adjective done, carried out etc quickly. a speedy answer. 迅速的 迅速的ˈspeedily adverb 迅速地 迅速地ˈspeediness noun 敏捷 敏捷ˈspeed bump noun a raised part across the road to make drivers slow down. 減速路障 减速路障ˈspeed trap noun a device used by the police to catch drivers exceeding the speed limit. 汽車超速監視器 汽车超速监视器speedometer (spiːˈdomitə) noun an instrument on a car etc showing how fast one is travelling. 速度 速度speed up – past tense, past participle ˈspeeded – 1. to increase speed. The car speeded up as it left the town. 加速行駛 加速行驶2. to quicken the rate of. We are trying to speed up production. 增加生產 增加生产speeding
speed by1. To move, pass, or lapse quickly. Wow, the time has really sped by—I can't believe we're nearly at the end of our trip! I tried to catch the license plate number of the car speeding by, but it was too fast.2. To move past someone or something very quickly. Followed by a noun or pronoun of the person or thing being passed. It really startled me when the motorcycle sped by our car. I tried to get the teacher's attention, but she sped right by me.See also: by, speedspeed offTo leave or depart very quickly or hastily, especially by driving. The criminals sped off just before the police arrived. He sped off when he heard the teachers approaching.See also: off, speedspeed through1. To move or pass through something with great speed. Luckily, a traffic camera caught the car's license plate as it sped through the red light.2. To progress or proceed through something with great speed, especially in a hasty, careless, or indifferent manner. I just felt like the pastor sped through the wedding ceremony. If you speed through the material, you're not going to remember it on the day of the exam.See also: speed, throughspeed up1. To increase in speed; to move or function at a faster or higher rate. Be sure to speed up when you're overtaking a vehicle on the road. The automated process began speeding up once I shut down all the other ancillary systems.2. To cause someone or something to increase in speed or rate of activity. A noun or pronoun can be used between "speed" and "up." You want an activity that will gradually speed your heartrate up. We are speeding up production now that we know there is such strong demand from consumers.See also: speed, upspeed awayTo leave or depart (from someone or something) very quickly, especially on or in some kind of vehicle. The kids rode up on their bikes, pelted us with water balloons, then sped away as quickly as they arrived. The bank robbers sped away in the bright red sports car, which the police had little trouble tracking down. I sped away from the area as soon as I saw our teacher approaching.See also: away, speedfaster than a speeding bulletExtremely fast. The phrase was most famously used to describe Superman in the theme song to Adventures of Superman. You're gonna have to run faster than a speeding bullet to beat this girl—she can maintain a pace that is basically superhuman.See also: bullet, faster, speedingspeed away (from someone or something)to move or drive away very fast from someone or something. The taxi sped away from the passenger who had just alighted. The car sped away from the accident. The motorcycle sped away.See also: away, speedspeed someone or something upto cause someone or something to move faster. We tried to speed him up, but he is just a very slow person. We sped up the process, but it still took too long.See also: speed, upspeed upto go faster. Please speed up. We are late.See also: speed, upspeed upAccelerate, expedite, increase the rate, as in The car speeded up as it went downhill, or It's difficult to speed up production without new equipment. [Late 1800s] See also: speed, upspeed byv.1. To pass quickly, as of a moving object or an interval of time: During vacation, the days sped by.2. To pass someone or something quickly: The car sped by me.See also: by, speedspeed offv. To leave or drive off rapidly: She hopped in her car and sped off. The ambulance sped off to the hospital.See also: off, speedspeed throughv.1. To accomplish or proceed with something swiftly and energetically: The students sped through the easy assignment.2. To move rapidly through something: The train sped through the countryside.See also: speed, throughspeed upv.1. To increase the speed or rate of something; accelerate something: The company sped up production in order to meet the demand for their product. The conveyor belt is moving too slowly—can you speed it up?2. To move, work, or happen at a faster rate; accelerate: As he hiked uphill, his pulse sped up.See also: speed, upfaster than a speeding bullet and FTASB phr. & comp. abb. Very fast. (From the introduction to the old radio program, The Adventures of Superman. Superman was faster than a speeding bullet.) I’ll be there FTASB. I ordered it on Wednesday, and it was on my doorstep, faster than a speeding bullet, the next day. See also: bullet, faster, speedingEncyclopediaSeespeedFinancialSeeSpeedAcronymsSeeSPDGspeeding
Synonyms for speedingnoun changing location rapidlySynonymsRelated Words- movement
- move
- motion
- speedup
- acceleration
- quickening
- deceleration
- scud
- scudding
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