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wheelbarrowing

wheelbarrowing noun: the loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing. Also the present participle of wheelbarrow.

Noun

wheelbarrowing (uncountable)

  1. The loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing.

Also used as

wheelbarrowing is also the present participle of wheelbarrow.

Origin of wheelbarrowing

From wheelbarrow + -ing.

Questions about wheelbarrowing

What does wheelbarrowing mean?
Wheelbarrowing means the loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing.
What part of speech is wheelbarrowing?
Wheelbarrowing is a noun.

Words near wheelbarrowing in the dictionary

  1. wheelbarrowed
  2. wheelbarrower
  3. wheelbarrowers
  4. wheelbarrowful
  5. wheelbarrowfuls
  6. wheelbarrowing
  7. wheelbarrowlike
  8. wheelbarrows
  9. wheelbarrowsful
  10. wheelbase
  11. wheelbased

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