wheelsuck

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verb

To sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

verbwheelsuck (third-person singular simple present wheelsucks, present participle wheelsucking, simple past and past participle wheelsucked)

present singular third person wheelsucks · participle present wheelsucking · participle past wheelsucked · past wheelsucked

  1. intransitivecyclingTo sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.
    1 more example

    Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^([sic]) is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck).

    2001, Andrew Albright, “World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? ^([sic])”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet)

    Synonyms: sit in the wheels, sit on someone's wheel, slipstream

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.

Origin

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APA

wheelsuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelsuck

MLA

“wheelsuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelsuck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheelsuck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelsuck.

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