wheelie

American  

[hwee-lee, wee-] / ˈʰwi li, ˈwi- /

noun

1. a small, usually folding, metal frame with wheels for carrying luggage or small packages.

2. a maneuver in which a bicycle, motorcycle, or car has its front wheel or wheels momentarily lifted off the ground.

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wheelie British  

/ ˈwiːlɪ /

noun

1. a manoeuvre on a bicycle or motorbike in which the front wheel is raised off the ground

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Etymology

Origin of wheelie

First recorded in 1960–65; wheel + -ie

Example Sentences

The campaign was initiated by Dutch police, who were struggling to identify a woman whose body was discovered in a wheelie bin floating in a river on the outskirts of Amsterdam in 1999.

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The court heard PC Mahmood and a colleague began following him on foot when Mr Walker-Brown started running away from them, climbing on top of a wheelie bin and scrambling on to an adjacent wall.

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An unsolved murder of a woman in Amsterdam, found in a wheelie bin in a river, sparked the move by Interpol.

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The woman was found when a local man, Jan Meijer, went out on his boat to retrieve a wheelie bin that his neighbour had spotted floating in the river that runs next to his home on the outskirts of the Dutch capital.

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They were spotted disposing of the knife and their bloody clothing in a wheelie bin and nearby garden.

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