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double-clutch

double-clutch verb: to change down gears in a motor vehicle by using the clutch once to move from a gear to neutral, engaging transmission in neutral, and then using the clutch again to move from neutral to the lower gear; to double-declutch.

Verb

double-clutch (third-person singular simple present double-clutches, present participle double-clutching, simple past and past participle double-clutched)

  1. To change down gears in a motor vehicle by using the clutch once to move from a gear to neutral, engaging transmission in neutral, and then using the clutch again to move from neutral to the lower gear; to double-declutch.

Forms of double-clutch

third-person singular presentdouble-clutches
present participledouble-clutching
past participledouble-clutched
pastdouble-clutched

Questions about double-clutch

What does double-clutch mean?
Double-clutch means to change down gears in a motor vehicle by using the clutch once to move from a gear to neutral, engaging transmission in neutral, and then using the clutch again to move from neutral to the lower gear; to double-declutch.
What part of speech is double-clutch?
Double-clutch is a verb.
What is the past tense of double-clutch?
The past tense of double-clutch is double-clutched.

Words near double-clutch in the dictionary

  1. double-checks
  2. double-click
  3. double-clicked
  4. double-clicking
  5. double-clicks
  6. double-clutch
  7. double-clutched
  8. double-clutches
  9. double-clutching
  10. double-code
  11. double-coded

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