wheelie

[hwee-lee, wee-]

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.

wheelie

/ ˈwiːlɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wheelie¹

First recorded in 1960–65; wheel + -ie

Example Sentences

Other London boroughs, such as Wandsworth and Havering, don't collect wheelie bins and ask all residents to place their bin bags on the pavement or just inside the boundary of their property.

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Outside London, most councils - from the New Forest to Moray - use a flexible approach like Tower Hamlets where residents use wheelie bins if their property can accommodate one - and, if not, their bin bags are collected from the pavement.

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Buying and installing subterranean bins is also expensive, compared to wheelie bins, so cash-strapped councils might not be able to afford them in large numbers.

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He has performed a bicycle wheelie longer and farther than anyone ever on planet Earth:

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You and I both know that riding a 93-mile, six and a half hour wheelie is a rather absurd, but also spectacular athletic feat, as anyone who ever wrestled with a banana seat or BMX bicycle can attest.

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