wheeling

noun

wheel·​ing ˈ(h)wē-liŋ 

1

: the act or process of one that wheels

2

: the condition of a road relative to passage on wheels

Examples of wheeling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mad Men features an ensemble cast including Jon Hamm as the charismatic Don Draper, leading a double life as a wheeling and dealing advertising executive seeing a different girl nearly every night before coming home to his family. —Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024

For the Knicks, Day 2 of the NBA Draft mirrored Day 1: plenty of wheeling and dealing, this time with more selections made. —Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024

Photographed by Serge Balkin, Vogue, August 15, 1942 Free wheeling. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 June 2024

Tom Hanks stars as an affable, secure-in-his-seat Texas congressman who is uniquely able to engage in bipartisan wheeling and dealing. —Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Geographical Definition

Wheeling

geographical name

Whee·​ling ˈ(h)wē-liŋ 

1

village in northeastern Illinois north-northeast of Chicago population 37,648

2

city on the Ohio River in northern West Virginia population 28,486