speeding ticket
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈspiːdɪŋ ˈtɪkɪt/
- US
:
multa por exceso de velocidad
- Last month, I received a speeding ticket for driving too fast on the highway.
- got a speeding ticket
- received a speeding ticket
- pay a speeding ticket
He only had one speeding ticket throughout his entire life.
- He only had one speeding ticket throughout his entire life.
- Oh boy, that's a serious speeding ticket.
- The cop that worked at our school a couple years later gave me my speeding ticket.
- How many have you gotten, dear speeding tickets?
- Maybe a speeding ticket, you know, But the sheriff, who coincidentally had just been sworn in one week to the day before this, went down.
Examples
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I had lived for sixty-one years with nothing but one speeding ticket on my record, and here I was, incarcerated.
Fiction book (2000) -
You should have seen the traffic, and on top of that, I got a speeding ticket.
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What, you never got a speeding ticket?
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But Charlie gave this guy a speeding ticket.
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Having lots of speeding tickets on your record can greatly increase your car insurance costs.
Blog text (11) -
We know that Holmes has no criminal record, save for a single speeding ticket.
Blog text (31) -
I hope we don't get a speeding ticket.
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Chief Crane's job is handing out speeding tickets.
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Jazz had reluctantly investigated the options available in traffic school after she had received her speeding ticket.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tired of getting speeding tickets in New Jersey for doing 79 mph in a 65 mph zone?
Blog text (10)
Synonyms
365
2.3
An official notice that makes you pay a fine for breaking a traffic rule
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'speeding' (driving above the limit) with 'ticket' (a formal notice or fine); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a notice issued for speeding. This noun-noun composition is a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern in traffic/legal contexts, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Speeding ticket comes from the simple image of a police officer handing a paper ticket to someone who is speeding ('driving too fast'). So, it now means 'an official notice' you get for breaking the speed limit.