double-declutching
double-declutching is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
- The Talbot-Darracq, with its leather seats
Noun
double-declutching (uncountable)
- The action double-declutching.
- Sitting in the seat with the engine off before that day, the gears slid in so sweetly, and double de-clutching was so easy, I had done it a million times.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21
Questions about double-declutching
- What does double-declutching mean?
- Double-declutching means the action double-declutching.
- What is double-declutching the present participle and gerund of?
- Double-declutching is the present participle and gerund of double-declutch.
- What part of speech is double-declutching?
- Double-declutching is a noun.
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