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[ hweel-hous, weel- ] / ˈʰwilˌhaʊs, ˈwil- /
noun, plural wheel·hous·es [hweel-hou-ziz, weel-]. /ˈʰwilˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈwil-/. Idioms for wheelhousein one’s wheelhouse, - Baseball. (of a pitch) within the zone that is most advantageous for a batter to hit a home run.
- within one’s area of expertise or interest: There are some subjects that are in your wheelhouse and some that are not.
in the same wheelhouse, very similar and usually in the same category: The two folk singers are in the same wheelhouse.
Origin of wheelhouseFirst recorded in 1805–15; wheel + house Words nearby wheelhousewheel clamp, wheeled, wheeler, wheeler-dealer, wheel horse, wheelhouse, wheelie, wheelie bin, wheeling, wheel lock, wheelman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wheelhouseYour brother, the serial killer of serial killers, is right in your wheelhouse. Badass TV Women or Just Bad? ‘Homeland,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy’ & More|Maria Elena Fernandez|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST Economic management, Romney likes to say, is his “wheelhouse.” Mitt Romney’s Problem With Conservatives: He’s Not Selling What They Want|Peter Beinart|February 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST As an historian, Lepore finds the cause of Tea Party well inside her own wheelhouse. Great New Reads|The Daily Beast|October 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST We always look at whenever someone's launching something new, particularly when it's in our wheelhouse. Runway vs. Housewives|Choire Sicha|August 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
What it came down to was that one man in the bridge or wheelhouse could pretty well make any part of the ship go or not go. The Knights of Arthur|Frederik Pohl We were all on deck before the crew had surrounded the wheelhouse. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories|Robert Barr When his mind was so far made up he wanted to finish the matter, so he turned to the wheelhouse and climbed the ladder again. On this particular boat there was a wheelhouse aft unused, and generally filled up with old steamer chairs. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories|Robert Barr The two captains were still arguing it out near the cabin door, but the mate was on his way to the wheelhouse. Four Afloat|Ralph Henry Barbour
British Dictionary definitions for wheelhouse
nounanother term for pilot house Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |