double-declutch

verb

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.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person double-declutches · participle present double-declutching · participle past double-declutched · past double-declutched

  1. datedautomotiveA 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
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APA

double-declutch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-declutch

MLA

“double-declutch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-declutch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double-declutch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-declutch.

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