speedo

[spee-doh]

noun

Informal.

plural

speedos 

1. speedometer.

speedo

/ ˈspiːdəʊ /

noun

1. an informal name for speedometer odometer

Word History and Origins

Origin of speedo¹

1950–55; by shortening; -o

Example Sentences

Walking on the beach, I was almost too smitten to feel embarrassed by his very European Speedo.

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Domi and I pushed their stroller down the Venice Beach Boardwalk, stopping to listen to Harry Perry and watch a man on roller skates juggling while wearing a Speedo.

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Arrives wearing baggy, bulgy patriotic undies/Speedo.

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Will Ferrell at a business meeting in a stars-and-stripes Speedo and a USA cutoff shirt.

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Ryan Speedo Green, proud in stature with his imposing bass-baritone, showed the potential to be a Wotan for our time.

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