Standard Lemma guide

wheeling

name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -iːlɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: W IY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A place in the United States:

A village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A place in the United States:

A minor city in Livingston County, Missouri.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 6

A place in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Ohio County, West Virginia, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

The motion of something that wheels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the wheelings of birds in the sky

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The act of moving or conveying on wheels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

verb

Meaning 9

present participle and gerund of wheel

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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10

noun

Meaning 10

propelling something on wheels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: rolling

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Broader terms: propulsion, actuation

11

noun

Meaning 11

a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

History

Etymology

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