Translate freewheel | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of freewheel
verb
[no object] ride a bicycle with the pedals at rest, especially downhill:he had come freewheeling down the road (usually as adjective
freewheeling)
act without concern for rules, conventions, or the consequences of one’s actions:the freewheeling drug scene of the sixties
noun
a device that allows a bicycle wheel to revolve forward while the crank is stationary. a device in a motor vehicle transmission allowing the drive shaft to spin faster than the engine.
