wheelie

noun

wheel·ie ˈ(h)wē-lē

: a maneuver in which a wheeled vehicle (such as a bicycle) is momentarily balanced on its rear wheel or wheels

Examples of wheelie in a Sentence

He did a wheelie on his bike.

Recent Examples on the Web As New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a new wheelie trash can in a press conference on Monday, the internet wasted no time mocking the announcement. —

Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 Multiple individuals reported a group of 30 to 50 people on motorcycles were doing wheelies, headed to downtown. —

Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024 The announcer walked everyone through the finer points of wheelies, poppers and other tricks as the crowd took out their phones to make their assessments. —

Paul McAdory, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 The perfume peddlers, the Black power guys with their mics, the drunken hockey fans, the scalpers, the Asian grandmothers with the giant wheelie shopping bags, the toddler meltdowns because Mommy wouldn’t buy the $20 spinning-light thing at the arena’s ice skating show have all been there. —

Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wheelie

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