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wheelie slang.|ˈhwiːlɪ|
Also (rare) wheely.
[f. wheel n. + -ie.]
1. orig. U.S.
a. The stunt of raising the front wheel off the ground while riding a bicycle or motor-cycle.
1966N.Y. Times 12 Nov. 45 A popular sport for young bicycle riders is ‘doing a wheelie’. This means lifting the front wheel off the ground and balancing on the rear wheel alone. 1969Oz Apr. 31/1 Odd Job tries to do a few wheelies but can't quite get the front wheel off the ground. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 Dec. 2/4 Wheelies are no trouble to the world 125cc motocross champion... But..it's a technique he uses strictly off the road. 1982Daily Tel. 25 June 6/7 Acquitting a motor-cyclist..of careless driving by performing a ‘wheelie’—driving with his front wheel off the road. 1985Daily Mail 6 Apr. 25/1 That's the bike seen on TV with crash-hatted kids doing wheelies.
b. transf. In skateboarding, the stunt of riding on only one pair of wheels, with either the nose or tail of the board in the air. (In quot. 1978 further transf.)
1976A. Cassorla Skateboarder's Bible 10 Many of the tricks now popular originated that year, including nose and tail wheelies. 1978Evening Standard 10 May 8/1 Wheelies centre rolls to a close. A pioneer skateboard centre is closing through lack of support. 1979W. Jones in Voices 20 Autumn 43 Down the subway he doth go..Out the other end and into a wheely.
2. A sharp U-turn made by a motor vehicle, causing skidding of the wheels. orig. Austral.
1973Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 29 July 3/1 ‘Hoons’ felt free to do ‘wheelies’—making U-turns at high speed to make their tyres scream. 1977Custom Car Nov. 63/2 One of the most hair-raising wheelies I've ever seen..necessitating an extensive chassis rebuild. 1982J. S. Borthwick Case of Hook-Billed Kites xxxvi. 122 Tom did a wheelie into Route 77.
3. Austral. A person in or confined to a wheelchair.
1977Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 14 Nov. 2/3 Terry Valentine braces the wheelchair as wheelie-shotputter Rene Ahrens..prepares to make his toss. 1978Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 10 Sept. 34/3 So many places and things are inaccessible to the ‘wheelie’. 1981Telegraph (Brisbane) 14 Jan. 44/2 The wheelie symbol on selected parking spaces..is often ignored.
Add:4. Special Comb. wheelie bin orig. Austral., a large refuse bin on wheels.
1984Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Nov. 4/3 Perhaps, when Mr Baines' *wheelie bin arrives, I am sure he will have a change of mind when he sees for himself the improvement for all concerned. 1986Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 5/1 The row is part of the great ‘wheeley bin’ controversy which has affected large parts of Berkshire as councils try to cut back the cost of refuse collections. 1989Observer 2 Apr. 36/1 Wheelie bins are huge, encouraging waste. |