Crossword clues for parallel-park
The Collaborative International Dictionary
parallel-park \parallel-park\ v. t. & i. To park (a vehicle) parallel to the curb; -- contrasted with angle-park; as, to get a driver's license, one needs to be able to parallel-park.
Park \Park\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parked; p. pr. & vb. n. Parking.]
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To inclose in a park, or as in a park.
How are we parked, and bounded in a pale.
--Shak. (Mil.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.
In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.
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To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; -- typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle.
Note: a vehicle stopped but still running with the driver in it is said to be standing. parallel-park [PJC]
To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund. [informal]
WordNet
v. park directly behind another vehicle
Usage examples of "parallel-park".
The pilot flew the airplane like a kid learning to parallel-park, while the gunner manned the sensors.
I found a space available two doors down from Vinnie, and I took a stab at parallel-parking Big Blue.
They have parallel-parked their bimbo boxes in identical computer-designed Burbclave street patterns and secreted themselves in symmetrical sheetrock shitholes with vinyl floors and ifi-fitting woodwork and no sidewalks, vast house farms out in the loglo wilderness, a culture medium for a medium culture.