English Explanatory Dictionary

wheel around

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or wheelbarrow.
  2. To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl around.
  3. To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
  4. In dancing, when a couple, holding hands, turns around 180 degrees, with the left hand dancer moving backward and the right hand dancer moving forward.

Word forms

wheel around wheels around wheeling around wheeled around wheel round

Synonyms

wheel about
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