Wiktionary
n. 1 The second lowest gearing available from a gearbox. 2 (context idiomatic figuratively English) (rfdef: English)
WordNet
n. the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "he had to shift down into second to make the hill" [syn: second]
Usage examples of "second gear".
The motor roared up for a moment, the gears clicked in, and the great truck moved away, first gear, second gear, third gear, and then a high whining pick-up and fourth gear.
Tommy's backbone jounced and jarred against one edge of the spare tire as O'Dell put the car into second gear and made an extremely sharp left-hand turn onto what was obviously no roadbed at all, but an open field.
Ed Morin was swiveling the camera and lights from side to side now, holding the RUM in second gear, but still heading toward the southeast corner of Sombrero Rock.
Pitt downshifted the Snow Cruiser into second gear to climb the series of low mounds and valleys.
Wayne drills with the casual economy of somebody who's in about second gear.
The bush thickened until we were jinking between trees in second gear.
Then Pitt tied the steering wheel so it couldn't turn and shifted the truck in to second gear and jumped from the cab.
The sweeper had standard four-speed transmission, and he stood outside the open door, ready to shift it into second gear, skipping first so the big vehicle would gain speed faster.
The engine was shouting for second gear, but I didn't want to chance it.