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powershift

powershift verb: to shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.

Verb

powershift (third-person singular simple present powershifts, present participle powershifting, simple past and past participle powershifted)

  1. (driving) To shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.

Noun

powershift (uncountable)

  1. A type of dual-clutch gear transmission system.
    • We overcame this difficulty by using a powershift front-end loader as the last unit in the train[.]2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21

Forms of powershift

third-person singular presentpowershifts
present participlepowershifting
past participlepowershifted
pastpowershifted

Origin of powershift

From power + shift.

Questions about powershift

What does powershift mean?
Powershift means to shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.
What part of speech is powershift?
Powershift can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of powershift?
The past tense of powershift is powershifted.

Words near powershift in the dictionary

  1. powerscale
  2. powerscaling
  3. powerset
  4. powersets
  5. powersharing
  6. powershift
  7. powershifted
  8. powershifting
  9. powershifts
  10. powerslam
  11. powerslammed

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