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double-clutch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble--clutch
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Inflected Forms

double-clutches (present, singular) double-clutching (participle, present) double-clutched (participle, past) double-clutched (past)

Questions

What does double-clutch mean?
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.

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