speed bump

NOUN

hindrance to speeding

Synonyms

WEAK

Botts' dots silent policeman sleeping policeman

Example Sentences

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Back on Tasman Drive, tourists excitedly posed for pictures next to a speed bump sign as a grumbling resident glared at them.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

And unlike their trips down the skeleton run, their path to the altar hit a speed bump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

See: November’s stock-market pullback could be a speed bump.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 30, 2025

How dare the guy become a speed bump?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

He was driving so slowly over a speed bump that she feared the car would stall.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie