speed bump — (Brit. also speed hump) ► NOUN ▪ a ridge set in a road to control the speed of vehicles … English terms dictionary
speed bump — also speed hump BrE n a narrow raised area put across a road to force traffic to go slowly = ↑sleeping policeman … Dictionary of contemporary English
speed bump — speed ,bump noun count 1. ) a steep rise across the width of a road that forces drivers to drive more slowly 2. ) INFORMAL anything that makes progress slower … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
speed bump — speed′ bump n. new cvb civ a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road to force vehicles to slow down • Etymology: 1965–70, amer … From formal English to slang
speed bump — ☆ speed bump n. a raised concrete ridge, as in a parking lot, to discourage fast driving by jolting a car driving over it … English World dictionary
Speed bump — A speed bump (in British English a speed hump, road hump or sleeping policeman) is a velocity reducing feature of road design to slow traffic or reduce through traffic. A speed bump is a bump in a roadway with heights typically ranging between 3… … Wikipedia
speed bump — noun a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway • Hypernyms: ↑hindrance, ↑hinderance, ↑hitch, ↑preventive, ↑preventative, ↑encumbrance, ↑incumbrance, ↑interference * * * … Useful english dictionary
speed bump — /ˈspid bʌmp/ (say speed bump) noun 1. → road hump. 2. Surfing Colloquial a bodyboarder. {speed + bump (def. 12); def. 2 from the idea that the bodyboarder is viewed by a surfboard rider as an obstacle like a speed bump on the road} …
speed bump — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms speed bump : singular speed bump plural speed humps 1) a raised area across the width of a road that forces drivers to drive more slowly 2) mainly American informal something that makes progress slower … English dictionary
Speed bump (disambiguation) — A speed bump is a bump on a road designed to slow traffic.Speed bump may also refer to:* Speed Bump , a comic strip by Dave Coverly * A skin rash that may result from injecting methamphetamine … Wikipedia