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speed bump


speed bump

noun

Definition of SPEED BUMP

: a low raised ridge across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed
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First Known Use of SPEED BUMP

1972

Rhymes with SPEED BUMP

air pump, broad jump, heat pump, high jump, long jump, mugwump, no-trump, ski jump, sump pump, tub-thump

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