speeder
English
Noun
speeder (plural speeders)
- One who speeds, or exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.
- (dated) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning.
- (rail transport) A motorized railroad track crew cart.
- Coordinate term: handcar
- (industrial relations) A fast worker selected by a company to exemplify the rate of work generally expected; a pacesetter.
- Synonym: bell-horse
- 2001, Laura Hapke, Labor's Text: The Worker in American Fiction, page 63:
- As a series of WTUL, Socialist, and garment union speakers illuminate the oppression of her life, including her misperception that because she is a "speeder," or quick worker, she profits accordingly, she eagerly receives the new truths.
Translations
one who speeds
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References
- “speeder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish
Noun
speeder c (singular definite speederen, plural indefinite speedere)
- An accelerator pedal.
- Synonym: gaspedal
Declension
Declension of speeder
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | speeder | speederen | speedere | speederne |
| genitive | speeders | speederens | speederes | speedernes |
Further reading
- “speeder” in Den Danske Ordbog
Scots
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