doublepark

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A form of double-park — To illegally park a car next to a car already parked on the side of a street, obstructing traffic.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verbdoublepark (third-person singular simple present doubleparks, present participle doubleparking, simple past and past participle doubleparked)

present singular third person doubleparks · participle present doubleparking · participle past doubleparked · past doubleparked

  1. alternativeAlternative form of double-park.

    A car slows to doublepark in front of you, and you decide that the cars behind will have to move left anyway.

    1981, John Stewart Allen, The Complete Book of Bicycle Commuting, page 161
    2 more examples

    The police car did not turn the last corner, but instead continued across the street where it stopped, permitting its occupants to watch the taxi doublepark once again in front of the same hotel and see the accused get out and hurry into the hotel.

    1950, W. J. Tremeear, Canadian Criminal Cases Annotated - Volume 96, page 130

    ...the problem is especially evident since visitors or guests may occupy any additional available parking spaces and may force others to doublepark or to park in front of hydrants or in designated firelanes.

    1978, Glenn A. Gaines, Firefighting operations in garden apartments and townhouses, →ISBN, page 96
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