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    wheeling
    noun
    the act of a person who moves, travels, conveys, etc., on or as on wheels, especially cycling.
  • Wheeling
    Wheeling
    noun
    a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
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wheeling

1 American  
[hwee-ling, wee-] / ˈʰwi lɪŋ, ˈwi- /

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 American  
[hwee-ling, wee-] / ˈʰwi lɪŋ, ˈwi- /

noun

  1. a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.

  2. a town in NE Illinois.


Etymology

Origin of wheeling

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

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The show’s debut season was a breakout hit with viewers and charged into its first awards season with the same high-energy entrance as a medic team wheeling a patient into the ER.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

I’m wheeling my bike off it with balletic ease, definitely not annoying my fellow commuters as I lug it down the stairs.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

When the convention was first announced, it sounded like it might be a thrilling opportunity to see real wheeling and dealing on a convention floor from which a nominee would eventually emerge.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

Somebody seemed to be wheeling a baby back and forth under my window.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The Army Corps of Engineers carried it onward to Wheeling on the Ohio River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Wheeling is the seat of Ohio County, where 38% of voters registered as Republicans in 2023, compared with 34% registered Democrats, according to state data.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

This is located on the Ohio River, about 10 miles south of Wheeling.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

Team member Butts, an undergraduate from Wheeling, led experiments in contact angle testing to analyze how changes in temperature affected the foam's surface energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

By the end of the month, half the steel industry, including almost all the mills in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lackawanna, New York; and Youngstown, Ohio, had shut down.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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