: a low raised ridge across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFormer President Donald Trump's social media company has hit another speed bump in its effort to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange through a complicated merger. Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Sep. 2022 The speed bump for Trump's influence in the primary elections could signal to other 2024 prospects that the former president is not invincible, Scheffler said. Thomas Beaumont, ajc, 18 June 2022 The speed bump for Trump's influence in the primary elections could signal to other 2024 prospects that the former president is not invincible, Scheffler said. Thomas Beaumont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 And somewhere in there is this speed bump in the narrative — your crime.New York Times, 7 June 2022 But even that turned out to be a speed bump rather than a roadblock.Washington Post, 5 May 2022 Where art is concerned, death need be no more than an inconvenience, and, as in the case of Pritchard, being all but invisible may turn out to have been merely a speed bump. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 Game notes: As the season winds down, the Detroit Pistons will look to be a speed bump into the playoff chances of the Brooklyn Nets. Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2022 In one town, the only division from Guatemala was a speed bump. Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1972, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
speed bump
noun
: a low ridge built across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed