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▸ noun: (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
▸ noun: (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
▸ noun: A spinning wheel.
▸ noun: A potter's wheel.
▸ noun: The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
▸ noun: (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
▸ noun: (computing, dated) A superuser on certain systems.
▸ noun: (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
▸ noun: (poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
▸ noun: (automotive) A wheelrim.
▸ noun: A round portion of cheese.
▸ noun: A Catherine wheel firework.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
▸ noun: A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
▸ noun: (figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.
▸ noun: (slang, archaic) A dollar.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, archaic) A crown coin; a "cartwheel".
▸ noun: (archaic, informal) A bicycle or tricycle.
▸ noun: A manoeuvre in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
▸ verb: (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
▸ verb: (transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
▸ verb: (intransitive, grime music) To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.
Similar:
steering wheel,
pedal,
wheel around,
bicycle,
bike,
rack,
roulette wheel,
roll,
cycle,
axle,
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Types:
bicycle wheel,
motorcycle wheel,
car wheel,
truck wheel,
trailer wheel,
bus wheel,
semi-truck wheel,
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