wheelie

Alternative forms

• wheely

Etymology

From wheel +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːli

Noun

wheelie (plural wheelies)

1. A stunt where a bicycle or other vehicle is ridden while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.

   Jim fell off his bike when he was trying to do a wheelie.

   • February 2018, Robert Draper in National Geographic Magazine, They Are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet

     The bikers pop wheelies and execute speedy figure eights along the busy street. Still, something more purposeful than joyriding would seem to be on their minds.

Verb

wheelie (third-person singular simple present wheelies, present participle wheelying or wheelieing, simple past and past participle wheelied)

1. (intransitive) To perform the stunt of riding a vehicle on its rear wheel.

See also

• wheelie bin

References

• A Twist of the Wrist. Keith Code. p.8 →ISBN