speed bump
noun
a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.
speed bumps
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pluralof speed bump.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It’s been a long road from that pivotal New Mexican trial to this hilarious cartoon version, with corporations erecting bigger and bigger speed bumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Companies like Microsoft, OpenAI and Amazon need the public’s buy-in to avoid speed bumps, maintain political support and curb blowback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The team found that graphene wrinkles behaved somewhat like rows of tiny electrical speed bumps.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
That’s as continued outperformance of rest-of-the-world stocks versus the U.S. are also hitting speed bumps, due to spiking commodity prices and global growth fallout.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Papi slows often for the speed bumps that have been appearing all over the city.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
