Noun
The car's rear wheels started to spin on the icy road.
the wheels of a train
a suitcase with wheels on the bottom
a wheel of cheddar cheese Verb
Doctors wheeled the patient into the operating room.
He wheeled his motorcycle into the garage.
Our waiter wheeled out a small dessert cart.
She wheeled around in her chair when I entered the room.
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It was first developed and deployed in China, where it was rapidly discovered why mass transit needs rails — the optical guidance system kept wheels in the same place which rapidly destroyed the road surface.—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 Sunday, Jung ended up getting to test the wheels anyway.—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Later, a flock of storks came wheeling in high on the thermals, and the camp gathered to watch.—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Ball is still trade-eligible, yes, but the Bulls haven’t exactly been wheeling and dealing these last few years.—Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wheel
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English hweogol, hwēol; akin to Old Norse hvēl wheel, Greek kyklos circle, wheel, Skt cakra, Latin colere to cultivate, inhabit, Sanskrit carati he moves, wanders
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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