wheelman
wheelman noun: a driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
Noun
wheelman (plural wheelmen)
- A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
- For instance, the wheelman in a robbery; he doesn't intend for anyone to get killed when he pulls up in front of a liquor store so that his armed complice can rob the store.2012, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Bad Faith, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
- The steersman on a ship.
- A cyclist.
- Many wheelmen and wheelwomen, riding safeties, tandems and tricycles, stopped there during the evening and we had good opportunity for comparing American and English bicycles […]1897, American Architect and Architecture, volumes 57-58, page 51
- Old fashioned folks, for whom the horseless vehicle came to late, can but envy wheelmen and wheelwomen as they skim through vista after vista, outstripping one's horse and carriage as a greyhound outstrips a decrepit poodle.1902, Matilda Betham-Edwards, East of Paris, London: Hurst and Blackett, pages 33–34
Forms of wheelman
| plural | wheelmen |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wheel-man |
| alternative form | wheel man |
Origin of wheelman
From wheel + -man.
Questions about wheelman
- What does wheelman mean?
- Wheelman means a driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
- What part of speech is wheelman?
- Wheelman is a noun.
- What is the plural of wheelman?
- The plural of wheelman is wheelmen.
Words near wheelman in the dictionary
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