speeding

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of speed

1. not comparableTravelling very fast; moving at speed.
2. not comparableSpecifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).

   We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.

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   The NTSB said on Tuesday that the 2022 North Las Vegas crash highlights the need for intelligent speed assistance technology and countermeasures including interlock program for repeat speeding offenders. National Transportation Safety Board Calls For Speed-Limiting Tech in Cars, Road track, 15 Nov 2023

3. not comparableUnder 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.

   2010, Patti Smith, Just Kids, Ecco, published 2010, page 112

plural speedings

1. countable(Instance of) acceleration.

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

   1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

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   […] 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.

   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

2. uncountableDriving faster than the legal speed limit.

   He was fined $100 for speeding.