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单词 wheelman
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Definition of wheelman in English:

wheelman

nounPlural wheelmen ˈwiːlmən
North American informal
  • 1A driver, in particular the driver of a getaway vehicle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of his accomplices is shot, his wheelman flees with the getaway car, and Charlie races deeper into the bank, trying to evade cops and security guards.
    • In a July 29th, 1971 robbery of the Banker's Trust, the accused was to act as the wheelman.
    • One loaded it into a dark-coloured car while the wheelman sat at the ready.
    • Smithson is alleged to have hired them as his gunmen for payment of $5,000 each while Davidson, an associate of Smithson's, was the alleged wheelman.
  • 2A cyclist.

    in names the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those early wheelmen didn't have bicycle helmets, but they did wear close-fitting long-visored caps.
 
 

Definition of wheelman in US English:

wheelman

noun
North American informal
  • 1A person who drives a car or takes the wheel of a boat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Along with Gordon, Stewart is the best pure wheelman in NASCAR and, now, in the midst of an historic hot streak, he is driving with enormous confidence.
    • Wanted: One wheelman with an extraordinarily heavy foot.
    • After his win at Texas, Biffle said the current spoiler package makes the cars the most difficult he's ever driven - but being a wheelman, he's well suited for the challenge.
    • Cruise plays Vincent, a hitman destined to be described by lazy critics as ‘coolly efficient,’ who dragoons Jamie Foxx's Max into being his wheelman during a long night of Los Angeles mayhem.
    • The plot and action is much the same as in past PSone installments - you're a wheelman, your job is to drive, hurt, maim, steal and generally cause trouble.
    1. 1.1 A cyclist.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Those early wheelmen didn't have bicycle helmets, but they did wear close-fitting long-visored caps.
 
 
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