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.