training wheels
Syllables: train·ing wheels/ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ wiːlz/US/ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˌ(h)wilz/
training wheels noun: anything designed to make something easier for a novice. Also the plural of training wheel.
Noun
training wheels pl (plural only)
- Anything designed to make something easier for a novice.
- Kick off the training wheels, Corporal. He's good to go.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Arrival
- Yet as with Booksmart, the summer's earlier riff on that Apatovian classic, there are times when Good Boys feels a little too nice to actually be uproarious. In more ways than one, it's the training wheels for a better comedy—a slightly edgier and funnier one.2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
Also used as
training wheels is also the plural of training wheel.
Origin of training wheels
From training wheel + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns).
Words formed from training wheels
Questions about training wheels
- What does training wheels mean?
- Training wheels means anything designed to make something easier for a novice.
- What part of speech is training wheels?
- Training wheels is a noun.
- How do you pronounce training wheels?
- Training wheels is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ wiːlz/ (UK).
Words near training wheels in the dictionary
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