Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.
- n. Alternative form of Speedo.
Etymologies
- Abbreviation of speedometer. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Sting in a winged speedo is a sight I could go another 20 years without seeing.”
“And, if the speedo were a clock face, it appeared at the 11 o'clock position.”
“Even if it still has the stock tires, it's likely that the speedo is a few MPH off.”
“The speedo is the newer round type, but the speedo reads very low.”
“Also, the most disturbing part, like with Endless Eight, Koizumi wears a speedo, which is probably the most disturbing image ever … however, Takeshi in a Speedo … well:”
“I've also used the word "speedo" much to my editor-friend's chagrin.”
“I, m going back to the late sixties, a Chopper was less, not more, an extended front end and if it wasnt functional you chopped it off, such as speedo, tach, horn, turn signals ... and everything was open, no belts (they are for trousers) Chain drive and no RV tires.”
“We call it her 'speedo' since it's made out of the same material. website is”
“I like swim trunks more than "speedo" because they are comfortable, less revealing and they are not too terribly long either, so you can still tan your legs.”
“The MHz needle swings around a handsome 'speedo' style dial to display your cpu speed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘speedo’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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genericized trademarks
Trademarked names that people use to refer to the thing in general, regardless of maker.
xerox, saran wrap, play-doh, silly putty, jell-o, crapper, band-aid, sharpie, biro, bic, zippo, thermos and 81 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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Genericide
Trademarks that have lost their character as indicators of source to become a general term for a product or service.
cellophane, aspirin, butterscotch, escalator, heroin, kerosene, thermos, yo-yo, zipper, dry ice, email, freeware and 106 more...
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dodonoodles's Words
provision, royal society, charcoal, shaft, impellant, colliery, valve, physicist, smelter, piston, conduit, trough and 80 more...
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