Wiktionary
n. The third gear of an engine.
WordNet
n. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" [syn: third]
Usage examples of "third 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.
That is to say, the ambulance would be stopped and used as a reference point while McCoy drove the weapons carrier ahead, making every effort to keep the tracks through the snow perfectly straight, moving as slowly as he could in third gear to conserve fuel.
He traveled in third gear with the engine turning over at little more than idling speed.
When she reached the highway she goaded the Blazer along at sixty five miles per hour in third gear rather than trash her ankle further.
He had seen Andy throw in the third gear, but knew that there was a fourth speed on the bully's car.
There wasn't enough room in the garden to get it beyond third gear, so when my parents were out one day, I took it out on to the village road to see how fast it would go.
Most of the time she kept the Volvo's engine snarling in third gear or fourth.
I think,' he glared at Grimma, 'that we can have a little third gear.
Her father had given Gabe the keys to the Jeep, a warning about the difficult shift into third gear, and a grocery list as long as a driveshaft.