speeding

verbe

1. 1

   Aussi une forme de speedpresent participle and gerund of speed

adjectif

1. 1

   Travelling very fast; moving at speed.

2. 2

   Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).

   We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.

   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. 3

   Under 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.

nom

1. 1

   (Instance of) acceleration.

   […] 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.

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

2. 2

   Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

   He was fined $100 for speeding.

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