Crossword clues for sped
sped
- Asked for a ticket?
- Went over the limit, say
- Went like crazy
- Went 76 on Route 66, say
- Triggered the radar
- Tore along
- Really flew
- Ran full out
- Put pedal to metal
- Invited a traffic ticket
- Hauled buggy
- Had a leadfoot
- Had a lead foot
- Gave form to
- Flew through
- Exceeded the highway limit
- Earned a warning or citation
- Earned a warning
- Earned a citation
- Drove with a lead foot
- Drove like heck
- Drove 90 in a 75 zone
- Did 90, say
- Did 85, say
- Broke a traffic law
- Attracted a trooper, maybe
- Asked for a citation?
- Approached 80, say
- Whizzed (by)
- Went too fast on a highway
- Went overly fast on the highway
- Went over 55 miles per hour, maybe
- Went over 100, say
- Went faster than the legal limit
- Went beyond city limits?
- Went at a furious clip
- Went 90 mph
- Went 85 in a 70 zone, for example
- Went 80 in a 65-mph zone, say
- Went 65 in a 55, say
- Went 100, say
- Was just asking for a citation
- Was begging for a citation
- Was a lead-foot
- Violated a traffic law
- Turned on the radar?
- Triggered a radar gun
- Tried to outrace the police
- Tried to make up time
- Tried to make up for lost time
- Tore through
- Tore (through)
- Set off the radar, perhaps
- Sent swiftly
- Saw what that baby could do, perhaps
- Risked getting caught by a radar trap
- Risked getting a ticket when driving
- Risked being pulled over
- Risked a ticket, in a way
- Risked a ticket while driving
- Risked a few points
- Ripped (through)
- Rightfully earned a ticket
- Really raced
- Reached 65, in some places
- Raced; zoomed
- Raced too fast
- Put one’s foot down?
- Passed a certain limit
- Made good time
- Invited a ticket
- Ignored the posted limits
- Ignored the "55 MPH" signs
- Ignored some road signs
- Ignored a limit
- Hurtled or hustled
- Hurtled along
- Hit 90, e.g
- Hit 100, say
- Gunned the engine
- Got caught in the 90s?
- Flouted the posted limit
- Fast-forwarded, with "up"
- Failed a driving test, maybe
- Exceeded the posted limit
- Exceeded 65
- Exceeded 55
- Earned a ticket, perhaps
- Earned a ticket, maybe
- Earned a ticket
- Drove over the legal limit
- Drove like the dickens
- Drove like hell
- Drove lickety-split
- Drove faster than the legal limit
- Drove 90 mph
- Drove 90 instead of 55
- Drove 80 in a 65 zone
- Drove 70 in a 55 zone, for example
- Drove 100 mph
- Drew a cop's attention, in a way
- Disregarded the limit
- Didn't poke along
- Did ninety, say
- Did ninety
- Did Daytona
- Did 90 or 100, e.g
- Did 90
- Did 80 on I-80
- Did 80 in a 65, say
- Did 80 in a 65
- Did 75, say
- Did 69 in a parking lot, say
- Did 50 by a school, say
- Did 35 in a 25, say
- Did 100 kph in a 70 mph zone, e.g
- Deserved a citation
- Defied the posted limit
- Defied the limit
- Defied the highway patrol
- Defied radar
- Chanced a citation
- Broke the law with a heavy foot
- Begged for a ticket?
- Baited a trooper
- Approached 90
- Activated a traffic cop's radar
- "Did" Daytona
- ___ up (started moving faster)
- Expedited
- Raced along
- Invited a ticket?
- Dashed
- Exceeded the limit
- Rushed
- Scurried
- Went 80 m.p.h.
- Shot, in a way
- Moved rapidly
- Went like the dickens
- Flew (through)
- Tore through town
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Hightailed it
- Did 100, say
- Tore (off)
- Hotfooted it
- Zoomed along
- Earned a citation?
- Made tracks
- Floored it on the highway
- Went 80, say
- Scooted
- Went over the limit?
- Wasted no time
- Didn't dillydally
- Tempted a traffic cop
- Risked getting ticketed
- Went like a leadfoot
- Risked a ticket, perhaps
- Zipped along
- Tempted a trooper
- Lost no time, in a way
- Blew (through)
- Careered
- Cannonballed along
- Went like the wind
- Went faster than the posted limit
- Shot (off)
- Hurried along
- Whipped along
- Made haste
- Whizzed along
- Went flat-out
- Went 90, say
- Did 80, say
- Went 80 or 90, say
- Hied
- Reached 100, say
- Ran fast
- Barreled along the highway
- Earned a citation, maybe
- Hit 90, e.g.
- Went like lightning
- Sprinted
- Exceeded a limit
- Did 80 on the highway, say
- Hastened
- Burned rubber
- Was reckless, in a way
- Exceeded a certain limit
- Facilitated
- Hared
- Went like Jehu
- Kept up with Mercury
- Went like sixty
- Exceeded 55 m.p.h.
- Went like a house afire
- Accelerated
- Gave cause for a fine
- Moved quickly
- Courted a ticket
- Burned up the road
- Emulated a jehu
- Stepped on it
- Opened the throttle
- Scampered
- Raced from front of school gym, close to playground
- Press person on latest news that’s travelled fast
- Drove too fast
- Took off
- Went quickly
- Went lickety-split
- Put one's foot down?
- Ignored the limit
- Drove faster than allowed
- Really moved
- Went too fast while driving
- Went in haste
- Hustled or hurtled
- Went like mad
- Passed quickly
- Didn't dawdle
- Went very fast
- Went hastily
- Traveled quickly
- Moved fast
- Drove like mad
- Risked a citation
- Flouted the limit, in a way
- Drove over the limit
- Burned up the highway
- Went really fast
- Went rapidly
- Moved very fast
- Made time
- Hit the accelerator
- Got the lead out
- Went swiftly
- Moved along
- Had a heavy foot
- Exceeded 55 m.p.h
- Earned a warning, in a way
- Begged for a citation
- Baited a state trooper
- Was a leadfoot
- Stepped on the gas
- Risked getting pulled over
- Risked getting points
- Risked getting a ticket while driving
- Moved it
- Ignored the speed limit
- Drove like a demon
- Deserved a ticket
- Cut corners, perhaps
- Certainly didn't dillydally
- Broke the limit
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sped \Sped\, imp. & p. p. of Speed.
Speed \Speed\ (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sped (sp[e^]d), Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Speeding.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr. sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See Speed, n.]
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To go; to fare. [Obs.]
To warn him now he is too farre sped.
--Remedy of Love. -
To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
--Shak.Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed.
--Waller. -
To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
Save London, and send true lawyers their meed! For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
--Lydgate.I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand.
--Milton. -
To make haste; to move with celerity.
I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility.
--Shak. To be expedient. [Obs.]
--Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past tense and past participle of speed (v.); Old English spedde.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: speed)
WordNet
n. distance travelled per unit time [syn: velocity]
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: swiftness, fastness]
the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number]
a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper]
[also: sped]
v. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along] [ant: linger]
move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, quicken] [ant: decelerate]
travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"
move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly, hurry, zip]
cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: accelerate, speed up] [ant: decelerate]
[also: sped]
See speed
Usage examples of "sped".
Jimmy sped into the room, sliding across the smooth marble floor as he sought to halt himself.
She gripped one smoothly rounded bedpost on the carved mahogany headboard, afraid to move until her head sped spinning.
Once past the tall hedge, she sped and gazed in shock at the two police cars and a van lettered with Crime Scene Investigation blocking her way.
A delivery van appeared from around the corner and sped in front of her.
Maguire and the guard reached the point where other tire tracks curved toward the encampment, Jalil sped and turned off the ignition.
Jalil sped just inside the tent to survey the clearing and listen for anything that might indicate the presence of a watcher.
Travelers would have either collected the wood and carried it with them for later use, or sped here to prepare a meal.
Jalil sped in the souk just long enough to replenish supplies and water.
Rakoosh sauntered into her view and sped in front of her, one hand on his dagger.
And once more Captain Grant and his men left the cover of their clouds, sped north, and engaged the great fleet bearing down upon the carriers.
She watched as it climbed perfectly into the high blue of the desert sky, then sped off to the north.
The pilots could visualize the plane as it sped toward the sea, gaining speed, reaching for the go-no-go point.
Leaving the train with its antiaircraft guns popping away, he wheeled and sped toward the entrance of the upcoming tunnel.
With a heavy pencil he checked off each of the birds he saw, more than fifty, giving himself credit for some that not even Rachel could identify as they sped past.
Penny read the local paper to see what this region thought of Washington, and after a leisurely meal of pancakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, toast, jam and two glasses of milk, they returned to the rested Mercury and sped westward.