Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to double-nickel
Participle: double-nickeled
Gerund: double-nickeling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | double-nickel |
| you | double-nickel |
| he;she;it | double-nickels |
| we | double-nickel |
| you | double-nickel |
| they | double-nickel |
Perfect
| I | have double-nickeled |
| you | have double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | has double-nickeled |
| we | have double-nickeled |
| you | have double-nickeled |
| they | have double-nickeled |
Past
| I | double-nickeled |
| you | double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | double-nickeled |
| we | double-nickeled |
| you | double-nickeled |
| they | double-nickeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had double-nickeled |
| you | had double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | had double-nickeled |
| we | had double-nickeled |
| you | had double-nickeled |
| they | had double-nickeled |
Future
| I | will double-nickel |
| you | will double-nickel |
| he;she;it | will double-nickel |
| we | will double-nickel |
| you | will double-nickel |
| they | will double-nickel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have double-nickeled |
| you | will have double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | will have double-nickeled |
| we | will have double-nickeled |
| you | will have double-nickeled |
| they | will have double-nickeled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | double-nickel |
| you | double-nickel |
| he;she;it | double-nickel |
| we | double-nickel |
| you | double-nickel |
| they | double-nickel |
Perfect
| I | have double-nickeled |
| you | have double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | have double-nickeled |
| we | have double-nickeled |
| you | have double-nickeled |
| they | have double-nickeled |
Imperfect
| I | double-nickeled |
| you | double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | double-nickeled |
| we | double-nickeled |
| you | double-nickeled |
| they | double-nickeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had double-nickeled |
| you | had double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | had double-nickeled |
| we | had double-nickeled |
| you | had double-nickeled |
| they | had double-nickeled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would double-nickel |
| you | would double-nickel |
| he;she;it | would double-nickel |
| we | would double-nickel |
| you | would double-nickel |
| they | would double-nickel |
Perfect
| I | would have double-nickeled |
| you | would have double-nickeled |
| he;she;it | would have double-nickeled |
| we | would have double-nickeled |
| you | would have double-nickeled |
| they | would have double-nickeled |
Imperative
| you | double-nickel |
| we | Let's double-nickel |
| you | double-nickel |
Verbs conjugated like 'double-nickel'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'double-nickel'
double-click,
double-lock,
double-quick,
double-time,
double-bank,
double-book,
double-check,
double-deal,
double-dip,
double-dye,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From trucker slang in the 1970s referring to the national 55 mph speed limit, based on nickel (“five-cent coin”).
Sample Sentences
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Rose’s EarthCruiser – seven hundred thousand dollars’ worth of imported rolling steel, the best RV money could buy – led the parade. But slowly, just double-nickeling it. [2013, Stephen King, Doctor Sleep, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, chapter 2, section 3, page 91:]