speed gun

Clocks moving objects

A speed gun is a handheld radar or laser device that measures the velocity of moving objects, most commonly used by police to detect speeding vehicles or by scouts to clock a pitcher's fastball.

Also called a radar gun: The officer pointed the speed gun at oncoming traffic.

Opposites
measurement method

speed gunstopwatch

Interval timing device

timer · chronometer · odometer · hourglass · sundial

enforcement function

speed gunradar detector

Device sensing police equipment

police scanner · Waze

Family

speed, gun, speeds, speedy, speedily, speediness, speeding, speedster, speedometer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G