double-parked
past simple and past participle ofdouble-park
double-park
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈpɑːk/us/ˌdʌb.əlˈpɑːrk/toparkacarillegallynext to acarthat is alreadyparkedat thesideof theroad
On the road: parking
- bike rack
- blocksomething/someonein
- car park
- carport
- clamp
- drive
- driveway
- garage
- multistorey
- non-moving
- off-street
- P, p
- parallel parking
- parking
- parking garage
- parking lot
- parking policeman
- repark
- traffic warden
- valet parking
Examplesofdouble-parked
double-parked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
People do not simply want criminals arrested; they also want daily problems solved: excessive noise, rowdy youths,double-parkedcars.
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There was an onslaught against double parrking in my area four months ago, when the police placed stickers on cars that weredouble-parked.
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Goldsmith raced to the hospital,double-parkedoutside and walked into a dark room.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jon's father drove into town on his tractor (which hedouble-parked) and brought a rooster to wake him up.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When an announcer reported about an invisible plane beingdouble-parkedillegally and needed to be relocated before it is towed, she performed her spinning transformation once again after twenty-five years.
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- non-increasing
- non-incumbent
- not-by-a-long-shot
- not by any manner of means
- not-by-any-manner-of-means
- not by any stretch of the imagination
- not-by-any-stretch-of-the-imagination
- not-care-for
- not care for sb/sth
- not-care-for-sb-sth
- not care for someone/something
- not care/give a fig
- not-care-give-a-fig
- not care/give a sod
- not-care-give-a-sod
- not care/give tuppence
- not-care-give-tuppence
- not care/give two hoots
- not-care-give-two-hoots
- notch
- notched
- notching
- notch-on-the-s-bedpost
- notch something up
- notch sth up