change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
speed speeding hurrying | changing location rapidly |
speed skating | competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) |
promiscuity promiscuousness sleeping around | indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations |
sleeping | the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
quiescence quiescency dormancy sleeping | quiet and inactive restfulness |
policeman bird black-necked stork jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
amphetamine pep pill upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
bedroom sleeping room sleeping accommodation chamber bedchamber | a room used primarily for sleeping |
sleeping bag | large padded bag designed to be slept in outdoors, usually rolls up like a bedroll |
sleeping car sleeper wagon-lit | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping |
sleeping pill sleeping tablet sleeping capsule sleeping draught | a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) |
speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
speedometer speed indicator | a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed |
speed skate racing skate | an ice skate with a long blade, worn for racing |
speed swiftness fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens, the project advanced with gratifying speed |
execution speed | (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions, measured in MIPS |
sleeping | the state of being asleep |
speed trap | a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders |
speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
blow bump | an impact (as from a collision), the bump threw him off the bicycle |
sleeping beauty | a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play |
military policeman MP | a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners |
motorcycle cop motorcycle policeman speed cop | a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) |
policeman police officer officer | a member of a police force, it was an accident, officer |
silent partner sleeping partner | a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge |
Sleeping Beauty | fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss |
sleeping beauty | a person who is sleeping soundly |
speeder speed demon | a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit |
speed freak | addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) |
speedskater speed skater | an ice-skater who races competitively, usually around an oval course |
waxmallow wax mallow sleeping hibiscus | any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers |
focal ratio f number stop number speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |
c bulge bump hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence a caa | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings, the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge, the hump of a camel, he stood on the rocky prominence, the occipital protuberance was well developed, the bony excrescence between its horns |
bump | a lump on the body caused by a blow |
sleeping sickness sleepy sickness epidemic encephalitis lethargic encephalitis encephalitis lethargica | an encephalitis that was epidemic between and , symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness |
dowager's hump | abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse, seen most often in elderly women |
high-speed steel hot-work steel | an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat, used to make metalutting tools |
speed velocity | distance travelled per unit time |
speed of light light speed c | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum, the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly ,, meters per second |
bump up | increase or raise, OPEC bumped up the price of oil |
accelerate speed up speed quicken | move faster, The car accelerated |
accelerate speed speed up | cause to move faster, He accelerated the car |
bump knock | knock against with force or violence, My car bumped into the tree |
run into bump into jar against butt against knock against | collide violently with an obstacle, I ran into the telephone pole |
sleep together roll in the hay love make out make love sleep with get laid have sex know do it be intimate have intercourse have it away have it off screw fuck jazz eff hump lie with bed have a go at it bang get it on bonk ff,uff | have sexual intercourse with, This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm, Adam knew Eve, Were you ever intimate with this man? |
dislodge bump | remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied, The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space |
jar shake up bump around | shock physically, Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game |
bump | dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward, bump and grind |