wheeling

See also: Wheeling

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ

Verb

wheeling

1. present participle and gerund of wheel

Noun

wheeling (plural wheelings)

1. The motion of something that wheels.

   the wheelings of birds in the sky

   • 1910, Rudyard Kipling, Rewards and Fairies:

     Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles.

2. The act of moving or conveying on wheels.

Derived terms

• four-wheeling
• free-wheeling
• wheeling and dealing
• wheeling machine
• word-wheeling

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from English wheel +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.liŋ/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

Noun

wheeling m (plural wheelings)

1. wheelie (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)

   Synonym: roue arrière

Further reading

• “wheeling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.