Speed

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname transferred from the nickname.

proper noun

1
A surname transferred from the nickname.
2
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.
3
A place in the United States: A minor city in Phillips County, Kansas.
4
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
5
A place in the United States: A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
6
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
7
A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed. * As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell. * Most place names seem to taken from the surname.

Forms

plural: Speeds

speech · The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or…speechless · Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due…speed · The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

Speed · A surname transferred from the nickname.

speeding · Travelling very fast; moving at speed.speedy · Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.Speedy · A surname.

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