- present participle of wheel.
wheeling
1 Americannoun
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a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
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a town in NE Illinois.
Etymology
Origin of wheeling
Example Sentences
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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
The 33-year-old Norwich midfielder is wheeling his way to the corner flag with almost every member of the squad hunting him down.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
For a moment he imagined the Tripps wheeling out of the woods and flying around them.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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The Army Corps of Engineers carried it onward to Wheeling on the Ohio River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Wheeling is a city of 26,000 residents with a unique place in West Virginia history.
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
Wheeling around, they sprinted back to the door and turned the key, fumbling in their panic.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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