Wheelie

Quick meaning: Wheelie is a noun meaning (informal, chiefly Australia) A wheelchair user.

Meaning

(informal, chiefly Australia) A wheelchair user.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
2. (informal) Alternative spelling of wheely (“having wheels; mounted on wheels”).
3. (informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.

Example Sentences

Jim fell off his bike when he was trying to do a wheelie.

I learned how to let the clutch out slo-ow-ly so my tractor wouldn't pop a wheely and go hauling over backward.

The bikers pop wheelies and execute speedy figure eights along the busy street. Still, something more purposeful than joyriding would seem to be on their minds.

With them [bicycles], children can accomplish such unique and delightfully dangerous stunts as “wheelies”—that is, riding at a fast speed with the machine's front wheel raised completely above the ground.

Word Forms

• wheelies
• wheely
• wheelieing
• wheelied
• wheelier
• wheeliest

Synonyms for wheelie

Depending on context, synonyms include mono.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wheely, wheel, wheeling, wheelcraft, wheelwoman, wheelspin.

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