Meanings
nounspeed bump (plural speed bumps)
plural speed bumps
- A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.
Synonyms: judder bar, ramp, sleeping policeman, speed hump, road hump, traffic bump
- figurativelyAn obstacle or difficulty; roadblock; snag.
- high-frequency tradingbusinessAny technical measure taken by an electronic financial exchange to deliberately delay orders by microseconds or milliseconds.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.
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Translations
Arabic مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة
- مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة (maṭabb as-surʕa)transverse ridge in the road
Bulgarian каламбъч
- каламбъч (kalambăč)transverse ridge in the road
Catalan ressalt, cavalló
- ressalttransverse ridge in the road
- cavallótransverse ridge in the road
- banda rugosatransverse ridge in the road
Chinese Mandarin 減速帶 /减速带
- 減速帶 /减速带 (jiǎnsùdài)transverse ridge in the road
Czech zpomalovací práh, příčný práh
- zpomalovací práhtransverse ridge in the road
- příčný práhtransverse ridge in the road
- retardértransverse ridge in the road
Danish vejbump, fartbump
- vejbumptransverse ridge in the road
- fartbumptransverse ridge in the road
Dutch verkeersdrempel
- verkeersdrempeltransverse ridge in the road
Esperanto stratĝibo
- stratĝibotransverse ridge in the road
Estonian lamav politseinik
- lamav politseiniktransverse ridge in the road
Finnish hidastetöyssy
- hidastetöyssytransverse ridge in the road
French ralentisseur, casse-vitesse
- ralentisseurtransverse ridge in the road
- casse-vitessetransverse ridge in the road
- dos d'ânetransverse ridge in the road
German Bodenschwelle, Bremsschwelle
- Bodenschwelletransverse ridge in the road
- Bremsschwelletransverse ridge in the road
- Fahrbahnschwelletransverse ridge in the road
- Hubbeltransverse ridge in the road
- Verkehrshubbeltransverse ridge in the road
Hebrew פס האטה
- פס האטהtransverse ridge in the road
Hungarian fekvőrendőr
- fekvőrendőrtransverse ridge in the road
Icelandic hraðahindrun
- hraðahindruntransverse ridge in the road
Indonesian polisi tidur
- polisi tidurtransverse ridge in the road
Irish uchtóg mhoillithe
- uchtóg mhoillithetransverse ridge in the road
Italian dosso stradale
- dosso stradaletransverse ridge in the road
Japanese ハンプ, スピードバンプ
- ハンプ (hampu)transverse ridge in the road
- スピードバンプ (supiido bampu)transverse ridge in the road
- 段差舗装 (dansa hosō)transverse ridge in the road
Korean 과속 방지턱
- 과속 방지턱 (gwasok bangjiteok)transverse ridge in the road
Latvian ātruma slāpētājs
- ātruma slāpētājstransverse ridge in the road
Malay bonggol
- bonggoltransverse ridge in the road
Persian سرعتگیر
- سرعتگیر (sor'at-gir)transverse ridge in the road
Polish próg zwalniający
- próg zwalniającytransverse ridge in the road
Portuguese banda sonora, lombada
- banda sonoratransverse ridge in the road
- lombadatransverse ridge in the road
- quebra-molastransverse ridge in the road
Russian лежа́чий полице́йский
- лежа́чий полице́йский (ležáčij policéjskij)transverse ridge in the road
Slovak spomaľovací prah
- spomaľovací prahtransverse ridge in the road
Spanish reductor de velocidad, resalto
- reductor de velocidadtransverse ridge in the road
- resaltotransverse ridge in the road
- badéntransverse ridge in the road
- banda sonoratransverse ridge in the road
- chapa acostadotransverse ridge in the road
- durmientetransverse ridge in the road
- gibatransverse ridge in the road
- guardia tumbadotransverse ridge in the road
- lomadatransverse ridge in the road
- lomo de burrotransverse ridge in the road
- lomo de torotransverse ridge in the road
- muertotransverse ridge in the road
Swedish fartgupp, farthinder
- fartgupptransverse ridge in the road
- farthindertransverse ridge in the road
Tamil வேகத் தடுப்பான்
- வேகத் தடுப்பான் (vēkat taṭuppāṉ)transverse ridge in the road
Turkish hız kesici, kasis
- hız kesicitransverse ridge in the road
- kasistransverse ridge in the road
- tümsektransverse ridge in the road
Ukrainian лежачий поліцейський
- лежачий поліцейський (ležačyj policejsʹkyj)transverse ridge in the road
Vietnamese gờ giảm tốc
- gờ giảm tốctransverse ridge in the road
Welsh gwrym arafu, poncyn arafu
- gwrym arafutransverse ridge in the road
- poncyn arafutransverse ridge in the road
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APA
speed bump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speed%20bump
MLA
“speed bump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speed%20bump. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speed bump,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speed%20bump.
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