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double parking

double parking is the present participle and gerund of double park.

double parking is the alternative form of double-parking.

Meaning of double-parking

Noun

double-parking (uncountable)

  1. The (usually illegal) act of parking beside a car that is already parked at the side of the street, thus obstructing both the flow of traffic and the egress of the blocked vehicle.
    • In addition, the many fine restaurants of the area bring on a high incidence of double-parking.2009, Ira Gershkoff, Richard Trachtman, The Boston Driver's Handbook: The Almost Post Big Dig Edition, →ISBN

Questions about double parking

What is double parking the present participle and gerund of?
Double parking is the present participle and gerund of double park.

Words near double parking in the dictionary

  1. double orphan
  2. double orphans
  3. double over
  4. double park
  5. double parked
  6. double parking
  7. double parks
  8. double Pedro
  9. double pendulum
  10. double pendulums
  11. double penetrate

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