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speed bump
noun
- a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.
Word History and Origins
Origin of speed bump1
Example Sentences
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
Blaming the fall of a republic on a blockade instead of a dad-versus-son battle royale is like making the Millennium Falcon slow down for speed bumps.
She got involved with the movement after she said it took two years of organizing and hard work to get two speed bumps installed on her street — something she considered a no-brainer safety issue.
"It's madness that they didn't have speed bump ramps up there years and years ago."
Unlike the Oklahoma proposal, the Indiana bill was trying to implement a "speed bump," argued Zug.
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