Meanings
wheeling1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wheel
plural wheelings
- The motion of something that wheels.
the wheelings of birds in the sky
1 more example
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.
1910, Rudyard Kipling, Rewards and Fairies - The act of moving or conveying on wheels.
comparative more wheeling · superlative most wheeling
Wheeling2
- A place in the United States:
- A village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Livingston County, Missouri.
- A city, the county seat of Ohio County, West Virginia, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wheeling
Cite this entry
wheeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheeling
“wheeling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheeling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheeling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheeling.
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