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Definition of "speeding" []

  • Moving with speed. (adjective)
  • The act or an instance of driving especially a motor vehicle faster than is allowed by law. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "speeding" in a sentence
  • "And is this what they call speeding up the ceremony?"
  • "Johnny Brown is a limo driver in Detroit and said he gets caught in what he calls speeding traps."
  • "With the publication yesterday of the Department for Transport's (DfT) road safety statistics for last year, there has been much focus on the revelation that – contrary to previous official assertions – "speeding" is not a major killer on our roads."