Usually means: Pedal disengaged, wheel continues spinning.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. freewheel: Merriam-Webster
  2. freewheel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. freewheel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. freewheel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. freewheel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Freewheel, freewheel: Wordnik
  7. freewheel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. freewheel: Wiktionary
  9. freewheel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. freewheel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. freewheel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Freewheel, freewheel: Dictionary.com
  13. Freewheel (bicycle part), Freewheel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. freewheel: Rhymezone
  15. freewheel: FreeDictionary.org
  16. freewheel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. freewheel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. freewheel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. freewheel: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Freewheel: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See freewheeled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
noun:  The mode or state of operation thus produced: Synonym of neutral.
verb:  (engineering, mechanics, of a gear) To continue spinning after disengagement.
verb:  (bicycling, of a cyclist) To ride a bicycle without pedalling, e.g. downhill.
verb:  (automotive, of a motorist) To operate a motor vehicle which is coasting without power, e.g. downhill.
verb:  (figuratively, by extension) To operate free from constraints.

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