wheel and deal

verb

To work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.

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Meanings

verbwheel and deal (third-person singular simple present wheels and deals, present participle wheeling and dealing, simple past and past participle wheeled and dealed or wheeled and dealt)

present singular third person wheels and deals · participle present wheeling and dealing · participle past wheeled and dealed · past wheeled and dealed · participle past wheeled and dealt · past wheeled and dealt

  1. derogatoryintransitiveTo work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.

Origin

From wheel (“big shot”) + deal (verb). Alternatively, from (roulette) wheel + deal (as, in a card game).

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APA

wheel and deal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheel%20and%20deal

MLA

“wheel and deal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheel%20and%20deal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheel and deal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheel%20and%20deal.

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