overspeed
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌoʊvərˈspid/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈspiːd/
- Hyphenation: over‧speed
Verb
overspeed (third-person singular simple present overspeeds, present participle overspeeding, simple past and past participle (mostly US) oversped or (mostly UK) overspeeded)
- (intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate.
- 1691, John Evelyn, Kalendarium Hortense:
- Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated [sic – meaning eradicated].
- (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, chiefly mechanics) To operate an engine or machine too fast.
- 1949, A. C. Walshaw, Heat Engines (3 ed.):
- The device should be periodically tested by overspeeding the engine say once a month.
Noun
overspeed (countable and uncountable, plural overspeeds)
- Speed that exceeds a reasonable or permitted rate.
- 1826, Samuel Weller Singer, The Dramatic Works Of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark. King Lear...:
- Trashes are clogs strapped round the neck of a dog to prevent his overspeed.
References
- “overspeed”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “overspeed”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
