Definitions for freewheel
freewheel
free·wheel
Spelling: [free-hweel, -weel]
IPA: /ˈfriˈʰwil, -ˈwil/
Freewheel is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 89 anagrams from letters in freewheel (eeeefhlrw).
Definitions for freewheel
noun
-
a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.
-
a form of rear bicycle wheel that has a device freeing it from the driving mechanism, as when the pedals are stopped in coasting.
verb (used without object)
-
(of a vehicle or its operator) to coast with the wheels disengaged from the driving mechanism.
-
to move or function freely, independently, unconcernedly, or the like (often followed by about, through, around, etc.):
Origin of freewheel
First recorded in 1895-1900; free + wheel