speedˈless adjective

speedomˈeter noun

A device indicating the speed at which a vehicle is travelling (informal shortening speedˈo (pl speedˈos))

speedˈster noun

1. A speedboat
2. A fast (sports) car
3. Someone who speeds, esp in driving

speedˈy adjective

1. Swift
2. Prompt
3. Soon achieved

speedˈball noun

1. A team sport with eleven players a side, combining many elements of soccer, basketball and rugby
2. A mixture of cocaine and opiates, esp heroin or morphine (slang)

speedˈballing noun (slang)

Injecting or sniffing speedballs

speedˈboat noun

A very swift motorboat

speedˈboating noun

speed bump or speed hump noun

A low hump across a road intended to slow down traffic

speed camera noun

An automatic camera installed at the side of a road to measure and record the speed of vehicles (often shortened to speed cam)

speed cop noun (slang)

A policeman who watches out for motorists who are exceeding a speed limit

speed dating noun

The practice of attending an organized social event during which people have a series of short meetings (speed dates) with potential romantic partners

speed dial or speed dialling noun

A facility of some telephones that enables numbers to be stored in the telephone's memory and dialled automatically by pressing a single button or a short combination of buttons

speedˈfreak noun (slang)

1. A habitual user of amphetamine as a recreational drug
2. An enthusiast of fast driving

speed gun noun

A hand-held radar or laser device used by police at the side of a road to measure and record the speed of passing vehicles

speed hump see speed bump above.

speed limit noun

The maximum speed at which motor vehicles may be driven legally on certain roads

speed merchant noun (informal)

Someone who drives, runs, bowls, etc with exceptional speed

speed reading noun

A technique of very rapid reading, by which words are taken in in phrases or other groups instead of singly

speedˈskating noun

A sport in which two or more ice- or roller-skaters race on an oval track

speed trap noun

A section of road over which the police (often using radar) check the speed of passing vehicles and identify drivers exceeding the limit (see also radar trap under radar)

speedˈ-up noun

An acceleration, esp in work

speedˈway noun

1. The sport of motorcycle racing on a short oval cinder track
2. Such a track
3. A road for fast traffic

speedˈwell noun

Any species of the scrophulariaceous genus Veronica, typically blue-flowered, with posterior petals united and lacking a posterior sepal

Speedˈwriting® noun

A type of shorthand, in which letters of the alphabet stand for words or sounds, as u for you

speedy cut or speedy cutting noun

Injury to a horse's foreleg by the opposite shoe

speed up

To quicken the rate of working

up to speed

1. At full or high speed
2. Fully informed