Meanings
verbwheelstand (third-person singular simple present wheelstands, present participle wheelstanding, simple past and past participle wheelstanded or wheelstood)
present singular third person wheelstands · participle present wheelstanding · participle past wheelstanded · past wheelstanded · participle past wheelstood · past wheelstood
- intransitiveTo perform a wheelie.
But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.
2009 October 11, Paul Stenquist, “A Market for Cars Born to Run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
- Proto-Germanic*hweulō
- Old Englishhwēol
- Middle Englishwhel
- Englishwheel
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*standaną
- Proto-West Germanic*standan
- Old Englishstandan
- Middle Englishstonden
- Englishstand
- Englishwheelstand
Cite this entry
APA
wheelstand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelstand
MLA
“wheelstand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelstand. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheelstand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelstand.
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