WHEEL AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheel around mean? 

• WHEEL AROUND (verb)
  The verb WHEEL AROUND has 2 senses:

1. wheel somebody or something

2. change directions as if revolving on a pivot

  Familiarity information: WHEEL AROUND used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEEL AROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wheel somebody or something

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

wheel; wheel around

Hypernyms (to "wheel around" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change directions as if revolving on a pivot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

wheel; wheel around

Context example:

They wheeled their horses around and left

Hypernyms (to "wheel around" is one way to...):

go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wheel around"):

cartwheel (do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP