1. The act or offence of driving faster than the legal or safe limit
   "He got a ticket for speeding on the highway"
    
2. The act of moving or travelling faster than usual
   "Their speeding had not helped, the train had already left";
   - speed, hurrying

1. Move or travel very quickly
   "He sped down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]
    
2. Move faster
   "The car sped up";
   - accelerate, speed up, quicken
    
3. Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
   "I got a ticket for speeding"
    
4. Cause to move faster
   "He sped up the car";
   - accelerate, speed up

Derived forms: speedings

Type of: alter, change, deepen, go, intensify, locomote, modify, motion, move, movement, travel

Encyclopedia: Speeding