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wheelies

wheelies is the plural of wheelie.

wheelies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wheelie.

Meaning of wheelie

Noun

wheelie (plural wheelies)

  1. (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.
    • Jim fell off his bike when he was trying to do a wheelie.
    Synonyms:
    mono, wheelstand
  2. (Australia, informal) A wheelchair user.
    • It is also a nightmare for the wheelies, or wheelchair users. Not only is it hard enough to find a bloody wheelchair in the airport these days, but to push them to this back-of-beyond gate is a job in itself.2005, Imogen Edwards-Jones, “Anonymous” [pseudonym], “6–7 am”, in Air Babylon, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN; republished London: Corgi Books, 2006, →ISBN, page 29

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Phrases with wheelies

Questions about wheelies

What is wheelies the plural of?
Wheelies is the plural of wheelie.

Words near wheelies in the dictionary

  1. wheelie-bin
  2. wheelie-bins
  3. wheelied
  4. wheelieing
  5. wheelier
  6. wheelies
  7. wheeliest
  8. wheeling
  9. wheeling about
  10. wheeling and dealing
  11. wheeling around

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