Wheelie Definition

wēlē, hwē-
wheelies
noun
A stunt performed on a motorcycle or bicycle, in which the front wheel is raised so that the vehicle is balanced for a moment on its rear wheel.
Webster's New World
verb
(intransitive) To perform the stunt of riding a vehicle on its rear wheel.
Wiktionary
idiom
pop a wheelie
  • To execute such a stunt.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Wheelie

Noun

Singular:
wheelie
Plural:
wheelies

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wheelie

  • pop a wheelie

Origin of Wheelie

  • From wheel +"Ž -ie.

    From Wiktionary

  • wheel –ie

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wheelie Sentence Examples

  • Who owns the wheelie bins, me or the Council?

  • Faster street bike acceleration cheats With any street motorcycle, use weight control and hold back to wheelie.

  • Boring black nylon holdalls and wheelie cases are hard to get excited about, let alone part with hard-earned cash for.

  • You can't pop right into a wheelie or a stoppie; things feel fairly realistic.

  • Racing and revving as if enacting a Doppler Effect experiment, the wheelie artist puts paid to hopes of an afternoon snooze.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

EIELIE

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