doublepark

English

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of double-park
    • 1950, W. J. Tremeear, Canadian Criminal Cases Annotated - Volume 96, page 130:
      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.
    • 1978, Glenn A. Gaines, Firefighting operations in garden apartments and townhouses, →ISBN, page 96:
      ...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.
    • 1981, John Stewart Allen, The Complete Book of Bicycle Commuting, page 161:
      A car slows to doublepark in front of you, and you decide that the cars behind will have to move left anyway.
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