second gear

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second gear

noun second gears

countable, uncountable The second of the available gears in a transmission or other gearbox.
Similar: second
countable, figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable Mediocre, sluggish performance. stuck in second gear
Opposite: top gear

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noun second lowest gear

Deutsch	zweiter Gang
Русский	втора́я переда́ча vtorája peredáča

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@misc{second_gear_2026,
  title = {second gear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/second%20gear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}