- 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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Because of their wheeling and dealing, they also have three first-round picks next year when the class of passers is projected to be much deeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
After a career involving stints in the civil service and British Telecom, Viv became "Del Boy on legs" as a "wheeling and dealing" antique dealer in her late 40s.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
While the crossings remain closed, life has regained a semblance of normality, with bakers kneading bread, fruit and vegetable sellers wheeling out their carts, and customers frequenting shops.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The wheeling and dealing has continued during the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025
She went in the overstuffed garage and returned a few minutes later wheeling a red ten-speed.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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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
She said afterward that the city of Wheeling in her home base of Ohio County has its own human rights policies on equal treatment.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 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 their horses about at the far end of the lists, the knights tossed down their broken lances and accepted replacements from the squires.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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