wheel

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English

Etymology

From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, and cyclus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wēl, IPA^(key): /wiːl/, (wine–whine merger) /ʍiːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /wil/, (wine–whine merger) /ʍil/
• Homophones: wheal; weal, weel (wine–whine merger); we'll (one pronunciation along with the wine–whine merger)
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

wheel (plural wheels)

2. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
   1. (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
   2. (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
   3. A spinning wheel.
   4. A potter's wheel.
3. The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture.
4. (slang) A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
   1. (computing, dated) A superuser on certain systems.
5. (poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.
6. (poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.
7. (automotive) A wheelrim.
8. A round portion of cheese.
9. A Catherine wheel firework.
10. (obsolete) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
11. A turn or revolution; rotation; compass.
12. (figurative) A recurring or cyclical course of events.

    the wheel of life
13. (slang, archaic) A dollar.
14. (UK, slang, archaic) A crown coin; a "cartwheel".
15. (archaic, informal) A bicycle or tricycle.
16. A maneuver in marching in which the marchers turn in a curving fashion to right or left so that the order of marchers does not change.
17. (mathematics) A type of algebra where division is always defined, and in particular division by zero is meaningful.

18. (prosody) The return to a peculiar rhythm at the end of each stanza.

    Coordinate terms: bob, bobwheel

Synonyms

• (instrument of torture): breaking wheel
• (wheel rim): rim

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Translations

See also

• wheel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Verb

wheel (third-person singular simple present wheels, present participle wheeling, simple past and past participle wheeled)

1. (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
2. (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
3. (intransitive, dated) To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
4. (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl, wheel around.
5. (transitive) To cause to change direction quickly, turn.
6. (intransitive) To travel around in large circles, particularly in the air.
7. (transitive) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to make or perform in a circle.
8. (intransitive, grime music) To reload a track; to play a wheel-up.

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Anagrams

• Lehew

Middle English

Noun

wheel

1. Alternative form of whel

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hwiːl/
• Homophone: while

Noun

wheel

1. wheel

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[17], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland