wheeling

noun

wheel·​ing ˈ(h)wē-liŋ 

1

: the act or process of one that wheels

2

: the condition of a road relative to passage on wheels

Examples of wheeling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There's a lot more wheeling and dealing behind the scenes, and outside of the million, winning the car is the biggest prize. —EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025

The Giants have hardly played like sellers since the dust settled from last week’s frantic wheeling and dealing, winning back-to-back series on the road and five of nine games overall since the trade deadline. —Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025

Dealing six 2024 draft picks, among other prospects, Preller showed the flimsiness of believing that the Padres’ system ranking in the mid-20s would keep him from wheeling and dealing. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025

Personal wheeling and dealing is outside the bounds of anticorruption regulation. —Michael Johnston, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wheeling

• ceiling
• dealing
• feeling
• healing
• heeling
• keeling
• kneeling
• pealing
• peeling
• reeling
• sealing
• squealing

Geographical Definition

Wheeling

geographical name

Whee·​ling ˈ(h)wē-liŋ 

1

village in northeastern Illinois north-northeast of Chicago population 37,648

2

city on the Ohio River in northern West Virginia population 28,486