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speedwork

speedwork noun: physical exercise that concentrates on speed.

Noun

speedwork (uncountable)

  1. physical exercise that concentrates on speed
    • He has been one of the main beneficiaries of a revamped pre-season program that has seen the Kangaroos doing more gridiron-based repeat power efforts and speedwork.2009 January 19, Sam Edmund, “Roo plans second coming”, in Herald Sun

Forms of speedwork

alternative formspeed work

Origin of speedwork

From speed + work.

Questions about speedwork

What does speedwork mean?
Speedwork means physical exercise that concentrates on speed.
What part of speech is speedwork?
Speedwork is a noun.

Words near speedwork in the dictionary

  1. speedway
  2. speedways
  3. speedwell
  4. speedwells
  5. speedwise
  6. speedwork
  7. speedworthiness
  8. speedwriting
  9. speedy
  10. speedy delete
  11. speedy deleted

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