speeding

American

[spee-ding] / ˈspi dɪŋ /

noun

the act or practice of exceeding the speed limit.

a $50 fine for speeding.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

speedings

plural

Etymology

Origin of speeding

1250–1300, for earlier sense “the condition of prospering”; 1905–10 for current sense; Middle English; see speed, -ing ¹

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The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The 48-year-old president drew criticism after Paris Match magazine splashed a photo of Macron speeding across the Riviera on a jet ski across its cover.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

He views cycling as a form of civic engagement and a way to see things otherwise invisible when speeding by in a car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The court heard she already had nine points on her licence, from three speeding offences in June 2023 and then June and July 2025.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Not only were galaxies speeding away from us in all directions, the farther away the galaxies were, the faster they were going away.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

And as I went downward through the miles, lo! all the aether of the world seemed to be surged with the silent prayers and speedings of those quiet multitudes.

From The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson

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