The Wordsmith Dictionary

Wheel, n. Etym: [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hweól, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hvel, Gr. cakra; cf. Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. *218 Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia. ]

1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc. The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel Of his own car. Dryden.

2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. Specifically: -- (a ) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning. (b ) An instrument of torture formerly used. His examination is like that which is made by the rack and wheel. Addison.

Note: This mode of torture is said to have been first employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, with grooves cut transversely in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and were hence called coups-de-grace -- blows of mercy. The criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel, with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled under him, there to expire, if he had survived the previous treatment. Brande. (c ) (Naut. ) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering. (d ) (Pottery ) A potter's wheel. See under Potter. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. Jer. xviii. 3.Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar A touch can make, a touch can mar. Longfellow. (e ) (Pyrotechny )

Defn: A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases. (f ) (Poetry ) The burden or refrain of a song.

Note: "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is supposed from the context in the few cases where the word is found. " Nares. You must sing a-down a-down, An you call him a-down-a. O, how the wheel becomes it! Shak.

3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.

4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. Milton.

5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. South. [He ] throws his steep flight in many an aëry wheel. Milton. A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. -- Balance wheel. See in the Vocab. -- Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel, Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel, Brake, etc. -- Core wheel. (Mach. ) (a ) A mortise gear. (b ) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. -- Measuring wheel, an odometer, or perambulator. -- Wheel and axle (Mech. ), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also axis in peritrochio, and perpetual lever, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See Mechanical powers, under Mechanical. -- Wheel animal, or Wheel animalcule (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. -- Wheel barometer. (Physics ) See under Barometer. -- Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. -- Wheel bug (Zoöl.), a large North American hemipterous insect (Prionidus cristatus ) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. -- Wheel carriage, a carriage moving on wheels. -- Wheel chains, or Wheel ropes (Naut. ), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. -- Wheel cutter, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. -- Wheel horse, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also wheeler. -- Wheel lathe, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. -- Wheel lock. (a ) A letter lock. See under Letter. (b ) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c ) A kind of brake a carriage. -- Wheel ore (Min. ), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See Bournonite. -- Wheel pit (Steam Engine ), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. -- Wheel plow, or Wheel plough, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. -- Wheel press, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. -- Wheel race, the place in which a water wheel is set. -- Wheel rope (Naut. ), a tiller rope. See under Tiller. -- Wheel stitch (Needlework ), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework ). -- Wheel tree (Bot. ), a tree (Aspidosperma excelsum ) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood. -- Wheel urchin (Zoöl.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula having a round, flat shell. -- Wheel window (Arch. ), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. Rose window, under Rose.

WHEEL

Wheel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheeling. ]

1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. "The beetle wheels her droning flight. " Gray. Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover's hand First wheeled their course. Milton.

WHEEL

WHEEL Wheel, v. i.

1. To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate. The moon carried about the earth always shows the same face to us, not once wheeling upon her own center. Bentley.

2. To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right. Being able to advance no further, they are in a fair way to wheel about to the other extreme. South.

3. To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass. Then wheeling down the steep of heaven he flies. Pope.

4. To roll forward. Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky, And wheel on the earth, devouring where it rolls. Milton.

WHEELBAND

WHEELBAND Wheel "band `, n.

Defn: The tire of a wheel.

WHEELBARROW

WHEELBARROW Wheel "bar `row, n.

Defn: A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

WHEEL BASE

WHEEL BASE Wheel base.

Defn: The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, etc. , with the surface or rails on which they run; more esp. , the length of this figure between the points of contact of the two extreme wheels on either side.

WHEELBIRD

WHEELBIRD Wheel "bird `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng. ]

WHEELED

WHEELED Wheeled, a.

Defn: Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four- wheeled carriage.

WHEELER

WHEELER Wheel "er, n.

1. One who wheels, or turns.

2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs. ]

3. A wheel horse. See under Wheel.

4. (Naut. )

Defn: A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.

5. A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng. ]

6. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng. ]

WHEELHOUSE

WHEELHOUSE Wheel "house `, n. (Naut. )(a ) A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel. (b ) A paddle box. See under Paddle.

WHEELING

WHEELING Wheel "ing, n.

1. The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.

2. The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.

3. Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling.

4. A turning, or circular movement.

WHEELMAN

Wheel "man, n.; pl. Wheelmen (.

Defn: One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

WHEEL OF FORTUNE Wheel of fortune.

Defn: A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules.

WHEEL-SHAPED

WHEEL-SHAPED Wheel "-shaped `, a.

1. Shaped like a wheel.

2. (Bot. )

Defn: Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.

WHEELSWARF

WHEELSWARF Wheel "swarf `, n.

Defn: See Swarf.

WHEELWORK

WHEELWORK Wheel "work `, n. (Mach. )

Defn: A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.

WHEEL-WORN

WHEEL-WORN Wheel "-worn `, a.

Defn: Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.

WHEELWRIGHT

WHEELWRIGHT Wheel "wright `, n.

Defn: A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

WHEELY

WHEELY Wheel "y, a.

Defn: Circular; suitable to rotation.

WHEEN

Wheen, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. hw, hw, a little, somewhat, hw little, few. ]

Defn: A quantity; a goodly number. [Scot. ] "A wheen other dogs. " Sir W. Scott.

WHEEZE

Wheeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing. ] Etym: [OE. whesen, AS. hwsan (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvæse ); akin to AS. hwsta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k. sq. root43. Cf. Husky hoarse. ]

Defn: To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.

WHEEZE

WHEEZE Wheeze, n.

1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

2. (Phon. )

Defn: An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper. " It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

WHEEZY

WHEEZY Wheez "y, a.

Defn: Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.

New American Oxford Dictionary

whee

whee |(h )wē (h )wi | ▶exclam. used to express delight, excitement, or exhilaration: as the car began to bump down the track he felt a lightening of his spirits —whee! ORIGIN natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the 1920s.

wheech

wheech |hwiːx, hwiːk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Scottish snatch or remove (something ) quickly: I wheeched the duvet off Gavin's bed. • [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] rush; dash. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: symbolic.

wheedle

whee dle |ˈ (h )wēdl ˈ (h )widl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something: you can contrive to wheedle your way onto a court | [ with direct speech ] : “Please, for my sake, ” he wheedled. • [ with obj. ] (wheedle someone into doing something ) coax or persuade someone to do something. • [ with obj. ] (wheedle something out of ) coax or persuade (someone ) to say or give something. DERIVATIVES whee dler noun, whee dling ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln ‘cringe, fawn, ’ from Wedel ‘tail, fan. ’

wheel

wheel |(h )wēl (h )wil | ▶noun 1 a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground. • a circular object that revolves on an axle and forms part of a machine. • (the wheel ) used in reference to the cycle of a specified condition or set of events: the final release from the wheel of life. • (the wheel ) historical a large wheel used as an instrument of punishment or torture, esp. by binding someone to it and breaking their limbs: a man sentenced to be broken on the wheel . 2 a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part. • (the wheel ) a steering wheel (used in reference to driving or steering a vehicle or vessel ): his crew knows when he wants to take the wheel . • a vessel's propeller or paddle-wheel. • a device with a revolving disk or drum used in various games of chance. • a system, or a part of a system, regarded as a relentlessly moving machine: the wheels of justice. 3 (wheels ) informal a car: she's got wheels now. • a bicycle. 4 a thing resembling a wheel in form or function, in particular a cheese made in the form of a disk. 5 an instance of wheeling; a turn or rotation. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] push or pull (a vehicle with wheels ): the sled was wheeled out to the flight deck. • carry (someone or something ) in or on a vehicle with wheels: a young woman is wheeled into the operating room. • (wheel something in /on /out ) informal produce something that is unimpressive because it has been frequently seen or heard before: the old journalistic arguments have to be wheeled out. 2 [ no obj. ] (of a bird or aircraft ) fly in a wide circle or curve: the birds wheeled and dived. • turn around quickly so as to face another way: Robert wheeled around to see the face of Mr. Mafouz. • turn or seem to turn on an axis or pivot: the stars wheeled through the sky. PHRASES on wheels 1 by, or traveling by, car or bicycle: a journey on wheels. • (of a service ) brought to one's home or district; mobile. 2 informal used to emphasize one's distaste or dislike of the person or thing mentioned: she was a bitch on wheels. wheel and deal engage in commercial or political scheming, esp. unscrupulously: (as noun wheeling and dealing ) : the wheeling and dealing of the Wall Street boom years. the wheel of Fortune the wheel that the deity Fortune is fabled to turn as a symbol of random luck or change. wheels within wheels used to indicate that a situation is complicated and affected by secret or indirect influences. DERIVATIVES wheeled adjective [ in combination ] : a four-wheeled cart, wheel less adjective ORIGIN Old English hwēol (noun ), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle ’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle. ’

wheel and axle

wheel and ax le ▶noun a simple lifting machine consisting of a rope that unwinds from a wheel onto a cylindrical drum or shaft joined to the wheel to provide mechanical advantage.

wheel arch

wheel arch |ˈ (h )wil ˌɑrtʃ | ▶noun an arch-shaped cavity in the body of a vehicle, which houses a wheel.

wheelback

wheel |back ▶adjective (of a chair ) with a back incorporating the design of a wheel.

wheelbarrow

wheel bar row |ˈ (h )wēlˌbarō ˈ (h )wilˌbɛroʊ | ▶noun a small cart with a single wheel at the front and two supporting legs and two handles at the rear, used typically for carrying loads in building-work or gardening. ▶verb [ with obj. ] carry (a load ) in a wheelbarrow.

wheelbase

wheel base |ˈ (h )wēlˌbās ˈ (h )wilˌbeɪs | ▶noun the distance between the front and rear axles of a vehicle: [ in combination ] : a short-wheelbase model.

wheel brace

wheel brace ▶noun 1 a tool for screwing and unscrewing nuts on the wheel of a vehicle. 2 a hand drill worked by turning a wheel.

wheelchair

wheel chair |ˈ (h )wēlˌCHe (ə )r ˈ (h )wilˌtʃɛ (ə )r | ▶noun a chair built on wheels for an invalid or disabled person, pushed by another person or propelled by the occupant, or motorized.

wheel clamp

wheel clamp Brit. ▶noun a device for immobilizing an illegally parked car. ▶verb ( wheel-clamp ) [ with obj. ] immobilize (an illegally parked car ) with a wheel clamp.

wheel dog

wheel dog ▶noun the dog harnessed nearest to the sleigh in a dog team.

wheeler

wheel er |ˈ (h )wēlər ˈwilər | ▶noun 1 [ in combination ] a vehicle having a specified number of wheels: a huge eighteen-wheeler truck. 2 a wheelwright. 3 a horse harnessed next to the wheels of a cart and behind a leading horse.

Wheeler, John Archibald

Whee ler, John Archibald |ˈ (h )wēlər ˈwilər | (1911 –2008 ), US theoretical physicist. Wheeler worked with Niels Bohr on nuclear fission and collaborated with Richard Feynman on problems concerning the retarded effects of action at a distance. He coined the term black hole in 1967.

wheeler-dealer

wheel er-deal er |ˈˌ (h )wilər ˈdilər |(also wheeler and dealer ) ▶noun a person who engages in commercial or political scheming. DERIVATIVES wheel er-deal ing noun

Wheeler Peak

Whee ler Peak |ˈ (h )wēlər ˌwilər ˈpik | a peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, northeast of Taos, the highest peak in New Mexico at 13,161 feet (4,011 m ).

wheel horse

wheel horse ▶noun a horse harnessed nearest the wheels of a vehicle. • a responsible and hardworking person, esp. an experienced and conscientious member of a political party.

wheelhouse

wheel house |ˈ (h )wēlˌhous ˈ (h )wilˌhaʊs | ▶noun a part of a boat or ship serving as a shelter for the person at the wheel.

wheelie

wheel ie |ˈ (h )wēlē ˈ (h )wili | ▶noun informal a trick or maneuver whereby a bicycle or motorcycle is ridden for a short distance with the front wheel raised off the ground.

wheelie bin

wheelie bin (also wheely bin ) ▶noun Brit. informal a large refuse bin set on wheels.

Wheeling

Whee ling |ˈ (h )wēliNG ˈwilɪŋ | a historic industrial city in northern West Virginia, on the Ohio River; pop. 28,913 (est. 2008 ).

wheel lock

wheel lock ▶noun historical a kind of gunlock having a steel wheel that rubbed against a flint. • a gun having such a gunlock.

wheelman

wheel man |ˈ (h )wēlˌmən ˈwilmæn | ▶noun ( pl. wheelmen ) a person who drives a car or takes the wheel of a boat. • a cyclist.

wheel set

wheel set ▶noun a pair of wheels attached to an axle.

wheelsman

wheels man |ˈ (h )wēlzmən ˈwilzmən | ▶noun ( pl. wheelsmen ) a person who steers a ship or boat.

wheelspin

wheel spin |ˈ (h )wēlˌspin ˈwilspɪn | ▶noun rotation of a vehicle's wheels without traction.

wheel well

wheel well ▶noun a recess in a vehicle in which a wheel is located.

wheelwright

wheel wright |ˈ (h )wēlˌrīt ˈ (h )wilˌraɪt | ▶noun chiefly historical a person who makes or repairs wooden wheels.

wheen

wheen |wiːn | ▶noun [ in sing. ] chiefly Scottish a considerable amount or number: a wheen of pennies. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old English hwēne ‘in some degree ’.

wheeze

wheeze |(h )wēz (h )wiz | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a person ) breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages: the illness often leaves her wheezing. • [ with obj. ] utter with such a sound: he could barely wheeze out his pleas for a handout | [ with direct speech ] : “Don't worry son, ” he wheezed. • walk or move slowly with such a sound: she wheezed up the hill toward them. • (of a device ) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound: the engine coughed, wheezed, and shrieked into life. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] 1 a sound of or as of a person wheezing: I talk with a wheeze. 2 an old joke, story, aphorism, act, or routine: the old wheeze about the diner complaining about the fly in his soup. • Brit. informal a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick: a new wheeze to help farmers. DERIVATIVES wheez er noun, wheez ing ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss. ’

wheezy

wheez y |ˈ (h )wēzē ˈ (h )wizi | ▶adjective making the sound of a person wheezing: a wheezy laugh. DERIVATIVES wheez i ly |-əlē |adverb, wheez i ness noun

Oxford Dictionary

whee

whee |wiː | ▶exclamation used to express delight, excitement, or exhilaration: as the car began to bump down the track he felt a lightening of his spirits —whee! ORIGIN natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the 1920s.

wheech

wheedle

whee ¦dle |ˈwiːd (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] use endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something: she wheedled her way on to the guest list | [ with obj. ] : she had wheedled us into employing her brother | [ with direct speech ] : ‘Please, for my sake, ’ he wheedled. DERIVATIVES wheedler noun, wheedlingly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln ‘cringe, fawn ’, from Wedel ‘tail, fan ’.

wheel

wheel |wiːl | ▶noun 1 a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move over the ground. • a circular object that revolves on an axle and forms part of a machine. • (the wheel ) used in reference to the cycle of a specified condition or set of events: the final release from the wheel of life. • (the wheel ) historical a large wheel used as an instrument of punishment or torture, especially by binding someone to it and breaking their limbs: a man sentenced to be broken on the wheel . 2 a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part. • (the wheel ) the steering wheel of a vehicle or vessel: his crew know when he wants to take the wheel . • a device with a revolving disc or drum used in various games of chance. • a system, or a part of a system, regarded as a relentlessly moving machine: the wheels of justice. 3 (wheels ) informal a car: she's got wheels now. 4 a thing resembling a wheel, in particular a cheese made in the form of a shallow disc. 5 an instance of wheeling; a turn or rotation. 6 N. Amer. informal short for big wheel ( sense 2 ). 7 a set of short lines, typically five in number and rhyming, concluding the stanza of a poem. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] push or pull (a vehicle with wheels ): the tea trolley was wheeled out . • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] carry in or on a vehicle with wheels: a young woman is wheeled into the operating theatre. • (wheel something on /out ) informal produce something that is unimpressive because it has been frequently seen or heard before: the old journalistic arguments have been wheeled out. 2 [ no obj. ] (of a bird or aircraft ) fly in a wide circle or curve: the birds wheeled and dived. • turn round quickly so as to face another way: Robert wheeled round to see the face of Mr Mafouz. PHRASES on someone's wheel close behind someone when they are driving or cycling: I had dominated the race early on and he sat on my wheel. on wheels 1 by, or travelling by, car or bicycle: a journey on wheels. • Brit. informal smoothly: the business ran on wheels. 2 Brit. informal used to emphasize one's distaste or dislike of the person or thing mentioned: she was a bitch on wheels. silly as a wheel Austral. very silly. wheel and deal engage in commercial or political scheming, especially unscrupulously: (as noun wheeling and dealing ) : the wheeling and dealing of the Wall Street boom years. the wheel of Fortune the wheel which the deity Fortune is represented as turning as a symbol of random luck or change. wheels within wheels used to indicate that a situation is complicated and affected by secret or indirect influences. DERIVATIVES wheeled adjective [ in combination ] : a four-wheeled cart, wheelless adjective ORIGIN Old English hwēol (noun ), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel, circle ’ and Greek kuklos ‘circle ’.

wheel and axle

wheel and axle ▶noun a simple lifting machine consisting of a rope which unwinds from a wheel on to a cylindrical drum or shaft joined to the wheel to provide mechanical advantage.

wheel arch

wheel arch ▶noun an arch-shaped cavity in the body of a vehicle, which houses a wheel.

wheelback

wheel |back ▶adjective (of a chair ) with a back incorporating the design of a wheel.

wheelbarrow

wheel |bar ¦row |ˈwiːlbarəʊ | ▶noun a small cart with a single wheel at the front and two supporting legs and two handles at the rear, used typically for carrying loads in building work or gardening.

wheelbase

wheel |base |ˈwiːlbeɪs | ▶noun the distance between the front and rear axles of a vehicle: [ in combination ] : a short-wheelbase model.

wheel brace

wheel brace ▶noun 1 a tool for screwing and unscrewing nuts on the wheel of a vehicle. 2 a hand drill worked by turning a wheel.

wheelchair

wheel |chair |ˈwiːltʃɛː | ▶noun a chair built on wheels for an invalid or disabled person, either pushed by another person or propelled by the occupant.

wheel clamp

wheel clamp Brit. ▶noun a device for immobilizing an illegally parked car. ▶verb ( wheel-clamp ) [ with obj. ] immobilize (an illegally parked car ) with a wheel clamp.

wheel dog

wheel dog ▶noun the dog harnessed nearest to the sleigh in a dog team.

wheeler

wheel ¦er |ˈwiːlə | ▶noun 1 [ in combination ] a vehicle having a specified number of wheels: a huge sixteen-wheeler truck. 2 a wheelwright. 3 a horse harnessed next to the wheels of a cart and behind a leading horse.

Wheeler, John Archibald

Whee |ler |ˈwiːlə | (1911 –2008 ), American theoretical physicist. Wheeler worked with Niels Bohr on nuclear fission, and collaborated with Richard Feynman on problems concerning the retarded effects of action at a distance. He coined the term black hole in 1967.

wheeler-dealer

wheeler-dealer |wiːləˈdiːlə (r ) |(also wheeler and dealer ) ▶noun a person who engages in commercial or political scheming. DERIVATIVES wheeler-dealing noun

Wheeler Peak

Whee ler Peak |ˈ (h )wēlər ˌwilər ˈpik | a peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, northeast of Taos, the highest peak in New Mexico at 13,161 feet (4,011 m ).

wheel horse

wheel horse ▶noun a horse harnessed nearest the wheels of a vehicle. • US a responsible and hard-working person, especially an experienced member of a political party.

wheelhouse

wheel |house |ˈwiːlhaʊs | ▶noun 1 a part of a boat or ship serving as a shelter for the person at the wheel. 2 Archaeology a stone-built circular house with inner partition walls radiating like the spokes of a wheel, found in western and northern Scotland and dating chiefly from about 100 bc to ad 100.

wheelie

wheelie |ˈwiːli | ▶noun informal a trick or manoeuvre whereby a bicycle or motorcycle is ridden for a short distance with the front wheel raised off the ground.

wheelie bin

wheelie bin (also wheely bin ) ▶noun Brit. informal a large refuse bin set on wheels.

Wheeling

Whee ling |ˈ (h )wēliNG ˈwilɪŋ | a historic industrial city in northern West Virginia, on the Ohio River; pop. 28,913 (est. 2008 ).

wheel lock

wheel lock ▶noun historical a kind of gun with a lock in which a steel wheel rubbed against a flint.

wheelman

wheel |man |ˈwiːlmən | ▶noun ( pl. wheelmen ) N. Amer. informal 1 a driver, in particular the driver of a getaway vehicle. 2 a cyclist.

wheel set

wheel set ▶noun a pair of wheels attached to an axle.

wheelsman

wheels |man |ˈwiːlzmən | ▶noun ( pl. wheelsmen ) N. Amer. a person who steers a ship or boat.

wheelspin

wheel |spin |ˈwiːlspɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] rotation of a vehicle's wheels without traction.

wheel well

wheel well ▶noun a recess in a vehicle in which a wheel is located.

wheelwright

wheel |wright |ˈwiːlrʌɪt | ▶noun chiefly historical a person who makes or repairs wooden wheels.

wheely bin

wheely bin ▶noun variant spelling of wheelie bin.

wheen

wheen |wiːn | ▶noun [ in sing. ] chiefly Scottish a considerable amount or number: a wheen of pennies. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old English hwēne ‘in some degree ’.

wheesht

wheesht |wiːʃt | ▶exclamation variant of whisht.

wheeze

wheeze |wiːz | ▶verb [ no obj. ] breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages: the illness often leaves her wheezing | (as adj. wheezing ) : his wheezing old father. • [ with obj. ] say (something ) with a wheezing sound: he could barely wheeze out his pleas for a handout | [ with direct speech ] : ‘Don't worry son, ’ he wheezed. • [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] walk or move slowly making a wheezing sound: she wheezed up the hill towards them. • (of a device ) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound: the engine coughed, wheezed, and shrieked into life. ▶noun 1 a wheezing sound. 2 Brit. informal a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick: a new wheeze to help farmers. DERIVATIVES wheezer noun, wheezingly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss ’.

wheezy

wheezy |ˈwiːzi | ▶adjective ( wheezier, wheeziest ) making the sound of a person wheezing: a wheezy laugh. DERIVATIVES wheezily adverb, wheeziness noun

American Oxford Thesaurus

wheedle

wheedle verb she wheedled us into hiring her brother: coax, cajole, inveigle, induce, entice, charm, tempt, beguile, blandish, flatter, persuade, influence, win someone over, bring someone around, convince, prevail on, get around; informal sweet-talk, soft-soap.

wheel

wheel noun a wagon wheel: disk, hoop, ring, circle. ▶verb 1 she wheeled the trolley away: push, trundle, roll. 2 the flock of doves wheeled around: turn, go around, circle, orbit. PHRASES at /behind the wheel were you at the wheel when the accident occurred? driving, steering, in the driver's seat.

wheelbarrow

wheelbarrow noun a wheelbarrow full of grass clippings: cart, barrow.

wheeze

wheeze verb the air was full of ash, and they coughed and wheezed: breathe noisily, gasp, whistle, hiss, rasp, croak, pant, cough.

Oxford Thesaurus

wheedle

wheedle verb she had wheedled us into employing her brother: coax, cajole, inveigle, lure, induce, blarney, entice, charm, tempt, beguile, flatter, persuade, influence, sway, win someone over, bring someone round, prod, talk, convince, make, get, press, prevail on, get round, argue, reason, urge, pressure, pressurize, bring pressure to bear on, coerce; informal sweet-talk, soft-soap, twist someone's arm, smooth-talk, butter someone up.

wheel

wheel noun 1 a wagon wheel: disc, hoop, ring, circle. 2 a right wheel: turn, rotation, pivot, swivel, gyration. PHRASES at the wheel /behind the wheel he was at the wheel of his Mercedes: driving, steering, in the driving seat, in the driver's seat, in charge of. ▶verb 1 she wheeled the trolley into the kitchen: push, trundle, roll. 2 a flock of doves rose up into the air, wheeled round, and flew off: turn, turn round, go round, rotate, revolve, circle, orbit.

wheeze

wheeze verb the illness often leaves her wheezing: breathe audibly /noisily, gasp, whistle, hiss, rasp, croak, pant, cough. ▶noun 1 she still had a slight wheeze: constricted breathing, gasp, whistle, hiss, rasp, croak, pant, cough. 2 Brit. informal a brilliant wheeze dreamed up by the fashion industry: scheme, plan, idea, tactic, move, stratagem, ploy, gambit, device, manoeuvre, contrivance, expedient; trick, dodge, subterfuge, game, wile, ruse, joke, prank, stunt; archaic shift.

Duden Dictionary

Wheelie

Whee lie Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈwiːli |das Wheelie; Genitiv: des Wheelies, Plural: die Wheelies englisch wheelie, zu: wheel = Rad das [kurzzeitige ] Fahren eines Motorrades oder Mopeds mit dem Vorderrad in der Luft

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

whee

whee /(h )wiː /間投詞わぁー, わーい, ひゃっほー〘子供などの喜び興奮の声〙.

wheedle

whee dle /(h )wíːd (ə )l /動詞｟非難して｠自動詞〈人が〉甘い言葉でそそのかす, 口車に乗せる .他動詞 1 ｟書｠〖直接話法〗〈人が〉…と言ってそそのかす (→say 他動詞 1a 語法 ).2 〖～ A from [out of ] B 〗A 〈物〉を得るためにB 〈人〉をそそのかす ; BからAをまんまとせしめる .3 〖～ A into doing 〗A 〈人〉をそそのかして …させる .4 〖～ one's way 〗 «…に » うまいことを言って入り込む (in ) «into » .

wheel

wheel /(h )wiːl /〖語源は「回転するもの」〗名詞複～s /-z /C 1 車輪 ; (形動きが )車輪に似たもの ▸ front [rear, back ] wheels 前 [後 ]輪 ▸ a four- wheel -drive vehicle 四輪駆動車 ▸ a wheel of cheese 円盤型チーズ ▸ a potter's wheel (陶芸用の )ろくろ ▸ a roulette wheel ルーレットの回転盤 2 〖通例the ～〗(自動車の )ハンドル (steering wheel )(╳handleとはいわない ); (船の )舵輪 ▸ take the wheel (人に代わって )車を運転する ; 船を操縦する ▸ turn the wheel sharply to avoid a collision 衝突を避けようと急ハンドルを切る 3 ｟くだけた話｠〖～s 〗自動車 ; ｟米話｠自転車 .4 回転 , 旋回 .5 〖通例～s 〗 «…の » 機構 ; 原動力, 推進力 «of » ▸ the wheels of government 政治機構 6 ｟米俗｠(政界財界などの )大物 (big wheel ).at [behind ] the wh é el 1 (車船などを )運転 [操縦 ]して, ハンドル [舵輪 ]を握って ▸ fall asleep at the wheel 運転中に居眠りする ▸ sit [get ] behind the wheel 運転席に座る (!… behind the steering wheelは｟まれ｠) .2 «…の » 支配権を握って «of » .F ò rtune's wh é el ＝the wh è el of f ó rtune 運命 (の女神 )の輪 ; (人生の )栄枯盛衰 (!人生の運不運は女神の回す輪によるという言い伝えから ) .gr è ase ｟米｠[ò il ｟英｠] the wh é els (相手に取り入るなどして )物事を円滑に進める .on wh é els 1 車輪付きの ▸ a box on wheels 車輪付きの箱 .2 自動車 [自転車 ]による (移動の ).3 ｟くだけて｠ひどく, 途方もなく (!人物への嫌悪を強調して ) .reinv è nt the wh é el ｟くだけて｠(現状のままでよいにもかかわらず )むだな時間 [労力 ]を費やす .s è t the wh é els in m ò tion «…するために » 必要な手はずを整える «to do » .wh è els within wh é els ｟話｠込み入った事情 .動詞～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〖～ (＋副詞 )〗〈車輪のあるもの〉を押す , 引く , 動かす (!副詞は方向経路などの表現 ) ▸ wheel one's bike to the repair shop 自転車を修理屋まで押していく 2 〖～ (＋副詞 )〗…を (手押し車車いすなどで )運ぶ (!副詞は方向経路などの表現 ) .3 …の向きを (くるっと )変える ((a )round, about ).4 〈車など〉に車輪を付ける .自動詞 1 〈鳥飛行機などが〉旋回する .2 (くるっと )向きを変える, 振り返る ; 考え方 [意見 ]を急に変える ((a )round, about ).3 (軸を中心にするように )回転する, 回る .wh è el and d é al ｟くだけて｠(政治商売などで )策略をめぐらす .wh è el A ó ut [ó ut A ]｟英くだけて非難して｠A 〈古い考え議論人など〉を再度持ち出す .～́ cl à mp ｟英｠(駐車違反車の )車輪留め (｟米｠Denver boot ).～́ c ò ver ホイールキャップ .～̀ ing and d é aling (政治商売などで )策略をめぐらすこと .～́ w è ll (自動車の )車輪取り付け部のくぼみ ; (飛行機の )脚格納室 .

wheelbarrow

wh é el b à rrow 名詞 C (通例一輪の )猫車, 手押し車 .

wheelbase

wh é el b à se 名詞 C 〖通例単数形で〗〘車〙軸距, ホイールベース〘前輪と後輪の車軸間の距離〙.

wheelchair

wheel chair /(h )wíːltʃèə r /名詞複～s /-z /C 車いす ▸ My mother was confined to a wheelchair .私の母は車いす生活を送っていた ▸ have wheelchair access 〈建物が〉車いすで利用できる ▸ push a wheelchair 車いすを押す

wheeler-dealer

wh è eler-d é aler 名詞 C ｟非難して｠(仕事や政治などで )抜け目のない人, あざといことをする人 ; 策略家, 策士 .

wheelhouse

wh é el h ò use 名詞 C 〖しばしばthe ～〗(船の )操舵（そうだ）室〘舵（かじ）をとる (小 )部屋〙.

wheelie

wheel ie /(h )wíːli /名詞 C ｟くだけて｠ウィーリー, 後輪走行〘自転車オートバイなどの前輪を浮かせて走る業（わざ）〙.

wheelwright

wh é el wr ì ght 名詞 C (木製の )車輪を作る [修理する ]人, 車大工 .

wheeze

wheeze /(h )wiːz /動詞自動詞〈人などが〉ぜいぜい息をする ; ヒーヒー言う .他動詞｟書｠〖直接話法〗〈人などが〉…とぜいぜいしながら言う (→say 他動詞 1a 語法 ).名詞 C 1 ぜいぜい息をすること ; (胸や喉の )ぜいぜいいう音 .2 ｟英やや古くだけて /おどけて｠名案, 策略 ; 冗談 (trick ).

wheezy

wheez y /(h )wíːzi /形容詞〖通例名詞の前で〗ぜいぜい [ヒーヒー ]言う ; 息が苦しそうな〈せき笑い人など〉.wh é ez i ly 副詞 wh é ez i ness 名詞