Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that wheels.
- noun A thing that moves on or is equipped with wheels or a wheel. Often used in combination.
- noun A wheel horse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wheels.
- noun A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.
- noun A wheel-horse, or other animal driven in the place of one.
- noun A worker of wheelwork on sewed muslin.
- noun That which is provided with a wheel or wheels: used in composition: as, a stern-wheeler; a side-wheeler.
- noun Same as
wheel-bird . - noun the horse (or mule) on the left-hand side, often ridden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who wheels, or turns.
- noun obsolete A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.
- noun A wheel horse. See under
Wheel . - noun (Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms
side-wheeler andstern-wheeler . - noun engraving A worker on sewed muslin.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The European goatsucker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete a
wheelwright , a wheelmaker - noun someone who operates a
wheel - noun archaic a wheel horse
- noun used in combination with a preceding whole number A
vehicle having the specified number ofwheels .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle
- noun Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
- noun the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
- noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
- noun a person who rides a bicycle
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Examples
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My 30 kph electric two-wheeler is actually safer than a conventional bicycle since my helmet, signal & brake lights and mirrors are NOT optional.
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Easier to stop on and commence shooting and two up on a 4 wheeler is far easier than a two wheeler.
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A guy like Bubba using a 4 wheeler is apparrely the differece between weather or not he hunts, .. period.
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We resent the four-wheeler, which is not on a schedule, clogging the passing or "hammer" lane because its cruise control was previously set at 56f mph and the car it's passing has the cruise set at 56i.
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And you follow plumes of smoke and you see right here in this live shot what appears to be a truck, maybe even an 18-wheeler, that is on fire.
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The new two-wheeler, which is said to take the form of a plug-in scooter, is being developed as part of a new broad-based mobility strategy aimed at taking Smart into market segments beyond that occupied by its newly facelifted Fortwo and an upcoming rear-engined, - rear-wheel-drive successor to its short-lived Forfour that's due to be launched in 2013.
WWW.EVWORLD.COM : Smart Explores Concept Electric Scooter 2010
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So, although your comment seems as though it was meant to be insulting, you are in fact correct. deathmetalhero oh we'll take it 'wheeler', if that is your real name....
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In the community, we also frequently say "wheeler" or "walker", but that might not work outside of the wheeling world.
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This is one of the more unique bike designs you will find as it is a three-wheeler which is unlike a trike.
Auto Motto 2008
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One of them was a really courageous person who travelled a few thousand kilometres on a two-wheeler bike.
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