Antonyms for speeding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : spee-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspi dɪŋ

Definition of speeding

Origin : Old English sped "success, prosperity, advancement," from Proto-Germanic *spodiz (cf. Old Saxon spod "success," Dutch spoed "haste, speed," Old High German spuot "success," Old Saxon spodian "to cause to succeed," Middle Dutch spoeden, Old High German spuoten "to haste"), from PIE *spo-ti- "speed," from *spe- "to thrive, prosper" (cf. Sanskrit sphayate "increases," Latin sperare "to hope," Old Church Slavonic spechu "endeavor," Lithuanian speju "to have leisure").
Meaning "quickness of motion or progress" emerged in late Old English (usually adverbially, in dative plural, e.g. spedum feran), emerging fully in early Middle English. Meaning "gear of a machine" is attested from 1866. Meaning "methamphetamine, or a related drug," first attested 1967, from its effect on users. Speed bump is 1975; figurative sense is 1990s. Full speed is recorded from late 14c. Speed reading first attested 1965. Speedball "mix of cocaine and morphine or heroin" is recorded from 1909.

verb move along quickly

Example sentences :

Now, when I'm arrested for speeding, I'm not in the least flustered—oh, not a little bit!
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

What concerned him now was this mystery of the speeding cyclists.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

There was a slight jar as of something landing on the speeding conveyor.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

We caught a rope ladder and scrambled up, and at once we felt her speeding on.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

There was a clatter and rattle of speeding hoofs, which rapidly died out.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

It was the blind he had anticipated, but—that sound of speeding wheels.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Now they were in the town, now speeding down the street leading to the bank.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

Again he tried to picture the girl, speeding on toward that inner world.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Leary touched his cap, and in a few moments they were speeding up the Avenue.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Sometimes he saw his quarry, sometimes he was only guided by the beat of the speeding hoofs.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for speeding

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