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double-declutched

double-declutched is the simple past and past participle of double-declutch.

Meaning of double-declutch

Verb

double-declutch (third-person singular simple present double-declutches, present participle double-declutching, simple past and past participle double-declutched)

  1. (dated) A method of changing gear in a vehicle which doesn't have synchromesh. The clutch is depressed to disengage the current gear, released while in neutral, and depressed again to obtain the next gear.
    • The Talbot-Darracq, with its leather seats
      And Biddy in beside me! I could show.
      Double-declutching to perfection now.1960 [1960], John Betjeman, Summoned by Bells, London: John Murray, page 89

Questions about double-declutched

What is double-declutched the simple past and past participle of?
Double-declutched is the simple past and past participle of double-declutch.

Words near double-declutched in the dictionary

  1. double-decker
  2. double-decker bus
  3. double-decker buses
  4. double-deckers
  5. double-declutch
  6. double-declutched
  7. double-declutches
  8. double-declutching
  9. double-dick
  10. double-dicked
  11. double-dicking

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