parallel park

verb

parallel parked; parallel parking; parallel parks

intransitive

: to park a car, truck, etc., so that the longer sides of the vehicle are parallel to the side of the road
parallel parking noun

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The cameras can also help drivers parallel park or ensure a kid’s bike wasn’t left carelessly in the driveway. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 Same thing, and this from a kiosk that probably can’t parallel park or read a map. — Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026 In January 2015, the current Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel park was set. — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025 For more than a decade, Ford Lincolns have been able to parallel park themselves, but in recent software updates, Ford discovered that almost no one has ever used the feature. — Carlton Reid, Wired News, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parallel park

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of parallel park was in 1930

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“Parallel park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parallel%20park. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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