coasting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of coast

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.

   “Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.”

   “She had been lying quietly in the harbour and making little coasting trips ever since we arrived in her twelve months before.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The act of disengaging the gears of a moving vehicle and rolling along without the use of engine power.

   “Avanti West Coast has introduced the use of coasting with its Pendolino fleet, in an effort to keep disruption during overhead line equipment failures to a minimum. [...] The Class 390s coasted for three miles without power between Harrow & Wealdstone and Wembley Central, running under damaged OLE.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A progression of symptoms after treatment, before gradual improvement begins.
4. (countable, uncountable)Drinking nolo drinks so as to imbibe less alcohol while still enjoying tippling.