free-wheeling

[free-hwee-ling, -wee-]

free·wheel·ing

[free-hwee-ling, -wee-]
adjective
1.
operating in the manner of a freewheel.
2.
(of a person) moving about freely, independently, or irresponsibly.
3.
(of words, remarks, actions, etc.) unrestrained; irresponsible: Loose, freewheeling charges were traded during the argument.

Origin:
1900–05; freewheel + -ing2

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free·wheel

[free-hweel, -weel]
noun
1.
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.
2.
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)
3.
(of a vehicle or its operator) to coast with the wheels disengaged from the driving mechanism.
4.
to move or function freely, independently, unconcernedly, or the like (often followed by about, through, around, etc.): The two friends freewheeled around the country after graduation.

Origin:
1895–1900; free + wheel
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free-wheeling definition


  1. mod.
    lacking restraint; flamboyant and uncontrolled. : These high-spending, free-wheeling palm-pressers appear out of nowhere at election time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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