wheeled

adjective \ ˈhwēld , ˈwēld \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of wheeled

1 : equipped with wheels

wheeled vehicles

2 : moving or functioning by means of wheels

wheeled traffic

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Recent Examples of wheeled from the Web

Houston police caught two men who were accused of breaking into a warehouse and stealing three-wheeled motorcycles Monday morning.

— samantha ketterer, Houston Chronicle, "Motorcycle theft leads to police chase in west Houston," 11 June 2018
The others include: Robert Kraemer, Feb. 7, 1963 Kraemer, 31, was riding his three-wheeled police motorcycle to assist a citizen stuck in a taxicab that had hit a tree on N. Prospect Ave.

— gina barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Remembering Milwaukee police officers killed in crashes," 8 June 2018
The old wheeled carts, which are to be recycled, were delivered in 2004 and many are past the end of their useful lives, town officials have said.

— jesse leavenworth, Courant Community, "Manchester Has Troubles With Trash Bin Contractor," 5 June 2018
Police and rescue workers launched an immediate relief operation, recovering bodies from cars and a three-wheeled rickshaw, Agarwal said.

— huizhong wu, CNN, "India overpass collapse kills at least 15 in Varanasi," 16 May 2018
Many of the roads are more than twice as wide as modern two-lane thoroughfares, even though Ancient Puebloans had no wheeled transportation or beasts of burden.

— april reese, Science | AAAS, "Drilling boom threatens web of ancient roads in Southwest," 16 May 2018
The six-wheeled rover will hunt for signs of habitable environments as well as sites that may have once hosted microbial life, examining the Red Planet with 23 cameras, a microphone and a drill to collect samples.

— sarah lewin, Scientific American, "NASA Will Send a Helicopter to Mars in 2020," 14 May 2018
From a roadster that resembles a three-wheeled Batmobile to a pedal-yourself pub, here are some of the new and emerging methods for getting around Sin City that more closely fit into the over-the-top vibe.

— anne burke, San Francisco Chronicle, "Five wackiest ways to get around Las Vegas," 2 May 2018
Andretti also appreciates the difficulty of switching between racing stock cars in NASCAR and open-wheeled car in IndyCar.

— michelle r. martinelli, For The Win, "Mario Andretti praises Danica Patrick for closing her career with Indy 500," 25 May 2018

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