speed bump

noun

1. a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.

Word History and Origins

Origin of speed bump¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Quentin Tarantino’s foray into the world of NFTs hit a major speed bump this week when the production company Miramax filed a lawsuit against the director in California court for selling Pulp Fiction NFTs.

From Time

So third party search providers can leverage this speed bump too, if they want.

From Search Engine Land

Another speed bump appeared when they realized they didn’t have enough money to meet the demand for the games.

From Ozy

When I was at Open Market in the 1990s, our CEO gave out the recently published book “Crossing the Chasm” to the executive team and told us to read it to gain insight into why we had hit a speed bump in our scaling.

From TechCrunch

In La Jolla, California, an existing roundabout was critiqued by one resident who wanted to add stop signs and speed bumps to make the roundabout more “civilized.”

From Freakonomics