downchange
/ˈdaʊntʃeɪndʒ
/noun
A change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle.I have now accustomed myself to its limitations and have become reserved about overtaking and used to swift downchanges of gear....
- You need to match the revs on the downchange when pressing on with the largely forgotten art of heel-and-toe.
- It would be better if the brake pedal offered a more stable fulcrum for heel-and-toe downchanges, even if that meant it needed a firmer shove.
verb [with object]
1Put (a vehicle) into a lower gear.
1.1 [no object] Change to a lower gear.The system worked well, t hough it seemed slow to respond to the ‘resume’ command - unlike some German vehicles, which respond fast by downchanging and propelling you to the chosen speed....
- Cue frantic braking, downchanging and wheel twirling in that order, combined with the anticipation of the front end sliding wide to the accompaniment of squealing rubber.
- I just downchanged going up a hill, and it snapped on me.
- on-disc
- on-disk
- on dit
- ondol
- on draught
- on drive
- on drugs
- one
- -one
- one-act
- one-acter
- one after another (or the other)
- O'Neal, Shaquille
- one (also a) (great) big happy family
- one and all
- one and only
- one and the same
- one another
- one-argument
- one-arm
- one-arm bandit
- one-armed
- one-armed bandit
- one-armed paper-hanger
- one-arm joint