Look up: freewheel

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   freewheel
   [v] - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely 2. [v] - coast in a vehicle using the freewheel
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   freewheel
   cyclists can use up to six sprocket wheels on the rear -and three on the cranks, providing 18 different ratios Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Freewheel
   Free'wheel` noun (Machinery) A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling.
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   Freewheel
   Free'wheel` intransitive verb 1. (a) Of a freewheel cycle, to run on while the pedals are held still. (b) Of a person, to ride a cycle of this manner. To ride a freewheel cycle. 2. (Machinery) To operate like a freewheel, so that one part moves freely over another which normally moves with it; -- said of a clutch.
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   freewheel
   noun a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting)
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   freewheel
   drift verb live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; `My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school`
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   freewheel
   verb coast in a vehicle using the freewheel
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   Freewheel
   In mechanical or automotive engineering, a `freewheel` or `overrunning clutch` is a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft. An `overdrive` is sometimes mistakenly called a freewheel, but is otherwise unrelated. The condition of a driven shaft spinning faster than its driveshaft exists in a bicycle going downhill when the rider holds his or her feet st...
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   Freewheel
   • (v. i.) Of a person, to ride a cycle of this manner. To ride a freewheel cycle. • (v. i.) To operate like a freewheel, so that one part moves freely over another which normally moves with it; -- said of a clutch. • (n.) A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals a...
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