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3rd wheel

3rd wheel is the abbreviation of third wheel.

Meaning of third wheel

Noun

third wheel (plural third wheels)

  1. (idiomatic) A person or thing that serves no useful purpose.
  2. (idiomatic) A third party, usually unwanted, accompanying two people on a date.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel.

Forms of 3rd wheel

plural3rd wheels

Questions about 3rd wheel

What is 3rd wheel the abbreviation of?
3rd wheel is the abbreviation of third wheel.

Words near 3rd wheel in the dictionary

  1. 3rd grades
  2. 3rd parties
  3. 3rd party
  4. 3rd person
  5. 3rd Reich
  6. 3rd wheel
  7. 3rd wheels
  8. 3rd world
  9. 3rd-party
  10. 3rded
  11. 3rding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 3rd wheel (page history and authors); third wheel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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