something equipped with a specified sort or number of wheels
a three-wheeler
3.
a person or thing that wheels
Wheeler in British English
(ˈwiːlə)
noun
1.
John Archibald. 1911–2008, US physicist, noted for his work on nuclear fission and the development (1949–51) of the hydrogen bomb, also for his work on unified field theory
2.
Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer. 1890–1976, Scottish archaeologist, who did much to increase public interest in archaeology. He is noted esp for his excavations at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley and at Maiden Castle in Dorset
Wheeler in American English
(ˈhwilər; ˈwilər)
John Archibald1911-2008; U.S. physicist
wheeler in American English
(ˈhwilər; ˈwilər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that wheels
2.
wheel horse (sense 1)
3.
something having a (specified) kind or number of wheels
used in hyphenated compounds
side-wheeler, two-wheeler
Examples of 'wheeler' in a sentence
wheeler
I'd fixed up the break-in myself, through Yannick Thiboult, a brocanteur, a junk wheeler who still owed us ten thousand francs.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
All related terms of 'wheeler'
two-wheeler
a vehicle with two wheels, esp a bicycle
stern-wheeler
a vessel, esp a riverboat , propelled by a large paddle wheel at the stern
three-wheeler
A three-wheeler is a bicycle or car with three wheels.
paddle-wheeler
a steamboat propelled by a paddle wheel
wheeler-dealer
If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics , as a wheeler-dealer , you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want , often by dishonest or unfair methods .
wheeler-dealing
the use of different methods and contacts , often dishonestly, to achieve one's ends
eighteen-wheeler
a tractor-trailer having eighteen wheels
four-wheel
having or running on four wheels
side-wheel
designating a steamboat having a paddle wheel on each side