speedo

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Glancing at the speedo is such a minor part of it.

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Quick take

(informal) A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of speedo gathered in one view.

noun

(informal) A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.

noun

(US) (by restriction) A male swimsuit, very tight fitting and small, brief-style, and not a thong-type.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Speedo. [(US) A tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly worn by competitive swimmers and divers. Usually implies a brief or bikini style swimsuit.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for speedo.

noun

(informal) A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.

noun

(US) (by restriction) A male swimsuit, very tight fitting and small, brief-style, and not a thong-type.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Speedo. [(US) A tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly worn by competitive swimmers and divers. Usually implies a brief or bikini style swimsuit.]

noun

(US) A tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly worn by competitive swimmers and divers. Usually implies a brief or bikini style swimsuit.

Example sentences

Glancing at the speedo is such a minor part of it.

My Fiat doesn't have mph on the speedo as it was replaced (like most things ln the car it broke).

Most people have cruise control, and they won't need to check the speedo once set.

The oddest thing about that video is that his wife was dating speedo guy's brother, and then dumped his brother for him.

And in French swimming pools you are required to wear speedo-type trunks.

That would actually make the speedo read higher, but there's a more fundamental point: The wheel diameter isn't relevant; the tire tread diameter is.

When you come to that realization, learn your limits and don't try to pull off a racist joke or wear a speedo to the beach.

It feels like both speedo functionality and gps directions should be rolled into a third group of lights on the top of the cross bar.

I think the speedo dial is a dangerous distraction when speed cameras are about.

It would be driving us so we won't be looking at the speedo.

I know I focus almost entirely on the speedo and only use peripheral vision for the road ahead when going past a speed camera.

The overhead can be significant (finding a pool with lap swim hours amenable to your schedule) but the equipment cost is minimal ($20 speedo) and it's amazing exercise.

Quote examples

Actually this "attentive meatbag driving module" would rather focus on actually important stuff like other cars and potentially whatever else (debris, people, animals etc) rather than checking the speedo and remembering what the last arbitrary speed limit sign said at all times.

John McAfee is such a master of disguise that even though the most elite police unit in Belize has more or less set up camp at his house solely to find him, he's able to wander around close enough to the house to watch their every move simply by dressing up as a German tourist in a Speedo while hollering "Leck mich um ausch!" at passers-by.

Proper noun examples

Speedo/tach/fuel get overlayed on the bottom of the windshield while you're driving.

For instance, Michael Phelps (yes, I know he is a real person, not a character, but that doesn't change the point) has done ads for Subway Sandwiches and for Speedo, and I don't think either diminishes the other.