FREEWHEELING

Meaning of FREEWHEELING in English

free ‧ wheel ‧ ing /ˌfriːˈwiːlɪŋ◂/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] informal

not worried about rules or what will happen in the future:

A lot of the girls envied me my independent, freewheeling life.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

FREEWHEELING — adjective Date: 1931 free and loose in form or manner: as, heedless of social norms or niceties , not repressed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FREEWHEELING — I. noun Etymology: from gerund of freewheel (II) : the action of one (as a bicycle) that freewheels II. adjective …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FREEWHEELING — /free"hwee"ling, -wee"-/ , adj. 1. operating in the manner of a freewheel. 2. (of a person) moving about freely, independently, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FREEWHEELING — adjective Date: 1931 : free and loose in form or manner: as a. : heedless of social norms or niceties …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FREEWHEELING — adjective cheerily unconcerned: → freewheel
Concise Oxford English vocab
FREEWHEELING — [free.wheel.ing] adj (1931): free and loose in form or manner: as a: heedless of social norms or niceties "the raider …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FREEWHEELING — / ˌfriːˈwiːlɪŋ; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] ( informal ) not concerned about rules or the possible …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FREEWHEELING — also free-wheeling If you refer to someone’s freewheeling lifestyle or attitudes, you mean that they behave in a casual, relaxed …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FREEWHEELING — also free-wheeling If you refer to someone’s ~ lifestyle or attitudes, you mean that they behave in a casual, relaxed …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FREEWHEELING — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Brinkley made his comments during a freewheeling discussion with several colleagues.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FREEWHEELING — [adjective] [informal] - not limited by rules or accepted ways of doing thingsHe is the freewheeling chairperson of a freewheeling …
Cambridge English vocab
FREEWHEELING — Synonyms and related words : autarchic, autarkic, autonomous, free-spirited, independent, individualistic, inner-directed, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, self-contained, self-dependent, self-determined, self-directing, self-governed, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FREEWHEELING — In a motorized vehicle the illegal coasting by putting the transmission in neutral or disengaging the clutch .
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
FREEWHEELING — Непринужденный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FREEWHEELING — (n) свободное генерирование идей
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FREEWHEELING — свободный ход
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
FREEWHEELING — Непринужденный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
FREEWHEELING — муфта свободного хода
Англо-Русский автомобильный словарь - Руссо
FREEWHEELING — механизм свободного хода
Англо-Русский автомобильный словарь
FREEWHEELING — n. Pronunciation: ˌ fr ē - ' hw ē -li ŋ , - ' w ē - Function: adjective Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RUN-AND-SHOOT — noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1977 a freewheeling style of offense in football that emphasizes passing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUN-AND-GUN — adjective Date: 1977 relating to or being a fast, freewheeling style of play in basketball that de-emphasizes set plays and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GONZO — adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1971 idiosyncratically subjective but engagé , bizarre , freewheeling or unconventional especially to the point …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FREEWHEELINGLY — adverb see: freewheeling
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MULLIS, KARY B(ANKS) — born Dec. 28, 1944, Lenoir, N.C., U.S. U.S. biochemist. He received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. …
Английский словарь Британика
FREEWHEELINGNESS — noun see freewheeling II
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRUNDLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOLTAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ Weakly electric fish don't need high voltages or currents for their purposes, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
REVERSE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES back/reverse a car (= make it move backwards ) ▪ Suzy backed the car …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHWAY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES divided highway Highway Code highway patrol highways and byways (= the important and less important …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FREE-WHEELING — free-wheeling adj infml I work in a pretty freewheeling institution Я работаю в учреждении, где каждый делает что ему вздумается …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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