double-park
verb
dou·ble-park
ˌdə-bəl-ˈpärk 
double-parked; double-parking; double-parks
: to park (a vehicle) beside a row of vehicles already parked parallel to the curb
: to double-park a vehicle
Examples of double-park in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Streets are littered with trash, cars are double-parked or left on sidewalks, greenery is sparse, and businesses along the area’s commercial corridor, International Boulevard, are often covered with graffiti.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
There were cars double-parked around the family’s house to express condolences.
—Jonathan M. Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Mariella calls ahead, and Max comes to the gate of the apartment complex while his mother double-parks and hands off Saldana.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
Volvos, Beemers, and Teslas idle or double-park, and the (mostly) moms behind the wheel crane their necks, trying to glimpse the school door.
—Julia Edelstein, Curbed, 15 Feb. 2023
When delivery trucks and other vehicles double-park or otherwise block the road, in most cases the driver is in the vehicle or nearby.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
All was hushed just before dawn when Debbie Gabriel double-parked at her usual spot on Lefferts Avenue, a neighborhood of single-family homes and low apartment blocks in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
—Richard Schiffman Erin Schaff, New York Times, 8 June 2023
Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
There were cars double-parked around the family’s house to express condolences.
—Jonathan M. Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Mariella calls ahead, and Max comes to the gate of the apartment complex while his mother double-parks and hands off Saldana.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
Volvos, Beemers, and Teslas idle or double-park, and the (mostly) moms behind the wheel crane their necks, trying to glimpse the school door.
—Julia Edelstein, Curbed, 15 Feb. 2023
When delivery trucks and other vehicles double-park or otherwise block the road, in most cases the driver is in the vehicle or nearby.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
All was hushed just before dawn when Debbie Gabriel double-parked at her usual spot on Lefferts Avenue, a neighborhood of single-family homes and low apartment blocks in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
—Richard Schiffman Erin Schaff, New York Times, 8 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1927, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Double-park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-park. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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