wheeling

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noun

The motion of something that wheels.

“the wheelings of birds in the sky”

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Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

wheeling1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wheel
nounwheeling (plural wheelings)

plural wheelings

  1. 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
  2. The act of moving or conveying on wheels.
adjectivewheeling (comparative more wheeling, superlative most wheeling)

comparative more wheeling · superlative most wheeling

    Wheeling2

    proper noun
    1. A place in the United States:
      1. A city, the county seat of Ohio County, West Virginia, United States.

    Synonyms & antonyms

    nounpropelling something on wheels

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    wheeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheeling

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    “wheeling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheeling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheeling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheeling.

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