The action of parking a vehicle parallel and close to the roadside.
Example sentencesExamples
Then I wanted to hold up traffic while I practised parallel parking in the Little Boltons for an hour or two.
Mirrors that tilt downward in reverse are showing you the curb… not a bad idea for parallel parking.
It is a manoeuvre dreaded by many motorists, but now scientists have developed an in-car gadget to help even the worst driver achieve perfect parallel parking.
The design team persuaded the city to allow parallel parking in front of the houses, so the streets feel inhabited and safe.
I hate amateur parallel parking, like the guy out my window this very minute, who just parked half a car-length from the sign and half a car-length from the next car.
Definition of parallel parking in US English:
parallel parking
noun
The parking of a vehicle or vehicles parallel to the roadside.
Example sentencesExamples
Mirrors that tilt downward in reverse are showing you the curb… not a bad idea for parallel parking.
I hate amateur parallel parking, like the guy out my window this very minute, who just parked half a car-length from the sign and half a car-length from the next car.
Then I wanted to hold up traffic while I practised parallel parking in the Little Boltons for an hour or two.
The design team persuaded the city to allow parallel parking in front of the houses, so the streets feel inhabited and safe.
It is a manoeuvre dreaded by many motorists, but now scientists have developed an in-car gadget to help even the worst driver achieve perfect parallel parking.