third wheel
noun
a person or thing that does not belong or is not wanted or needed.
third wheels
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pluralof third wheel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Carefully laid plans can come undone, and the Lakers and the Nets enter the season knowing their fates could be determined by their mercurial third wheels.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
“John, how do I put this? Third parties are pretty bad. But third wheels are just terrible.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2016
Then they head to a hot tub store, where Kevin Hart third wheels it in the hot tub with the couple.
From Time ● Jan. 11, 2016
