wheeling

¹

[ hwee-ling, wee- ]

noun

1. the act of a person who moves, travels, conveys, etc., on or as on wheels, especially cycling.
2. a rotating or circular motion:

   the wheeling of birds.

3. the condition of a road for travel by wheeled vehicles:

   A state highway is usually good wheeling.

Wheeling

²

[ hwee-ling, wee- ]

noun

1. a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
2. a town in NE Illinois.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wheeling¹

First recorded in 1475–85; wheel + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The notorious cocaine kingpins’ beachside playground in the Coconut Grove district, The Mutiny Hotel, is where drug wheelings and dealings and associated mayhem went down.

From Ozy

The West Virginia I know and love is ready to treat all LGBTQ people with dignity and respect, and I’m grateful that Wheeling has made it clear to the rest of our nation what we stand for.

From Time

Wheeling police chief Shawn Schwert­feger describes Clarice’s death as “a very tragic situation” and “another contributing factor.”

From Time

Six months before lockdown, Wheeling lost its only hospital with an acute-mental-­health facility.

From Time

Perhaps more important than his off-court wheeling and dealing, James has used his money and influence to serve underserved children, and amplify noble causes.

From Quartz

The wheeling-dealing sometimes goes too far—or at least offends someone more rapacious.

From The Daily Beast

The impression Americans have of a raucous, free-wheeling public debate in Israel may be a thing of the past.

From The Daily Beast

And it lets the seams show on all your wheeling and dealing.

From The Daily Beast

They wanted the paintings for their home and were not interested in wheeling and dealing.

From The Daily Beast

But he also never forgot her wild driving—what he described as her "two-wheeling."

From The Daily Beast

The stranger was approaching the front entrance, Hedges was wheeling off to the back; but the former turned and spoke.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, he replied, wheeling a chair nearer the open window, the country is beautiful.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he rose to his feet very slowly, and wheeling about looked down on me and smoked.

From Project Gutenberg

The guerrillas saw the cloud of dust raised by Harry's pursuers and wheeling their horses fled with him.

From Project Gutenberg

In less than a quarter of an hour afterward he reached the notch, Matt wheeling into it close at his heels.

From Project Gutenberg