powershift
powershift · powershifts · powershifted · powershifting
To shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the…To shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.
Meaning
1 sensesTo shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.
Origin
From power + shift.From power + shift.
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Forms
powershifts, powershifting, powershifted, powershifted| Base form | powershift · to powershift |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | powershifts |
| Present participle | powershifting |
| Past simple | powershifted |
| Past participle | powershifted |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.