English

Verb

speeding

1. present participle of speed

Adjective

speeding ‎(not comparable)

1. That speeds.

   We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.

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Noun

speeding ‎(countable and uncountable, plural speedings)

1. (countable) (Instance of) acceleration.
   • 1826, Roger North, The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; the Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North

     […] 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.

   • Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     We have seen Parkinsonism as sudden starts and stops, as odd speedings and slowings.

2. (uncountable) Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

   He was fined $100 for speeding.

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