wheeler

[US]/'hwi:lə/
[UK]/ˈhwilɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. driver of a vehicle; draft horse; person who constructs wheels

Example Sentences

a huge sixteen-wheeler truck.

a mucky mix of political wheeler-dealing and multinational corruption.

a three-wheeler; a paddle-wheeler.

According to John Wheeler's unique information theory, everything is information, and everything is from bit.This theory can be called informationism.

a wheeler-dealer in the business world

a wheeler in the game of poker

a wheeler on a construction site

Real-world Examples

SOREN WHEELER: Because the garbage got in the way again?

Source: Radio Laboratory

And it's a, it's a semi, you know, it's an 18 wheeler, it's a, it's a really big truck.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

Peter wheeler who is the CEO of the Special Olympics World Games asked if I'd perform for these very special doctors and of course I said yes.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

Francois was stern, demanding instant obedience, and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedience; while Dave, who was an experienced wheeler, nipped Buck's hind quarters whenever he was in error.

Source: The Call of the Wild

Dave was wheeler or sled dog, pulling in front of him was Buck, then came Sol-leks; the rest of the team was strung out ahead, single file, to the leader, which position was filled by Spitz.

Source: The Call of the Wild

For instance, in Colombo the three-wheel drivers there were lots of three wheelers in the past, but now they're very few in number, because they are unable to get the food and they're given very restricted supplies.

Source: VOA Standard English - Asia

Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three wheeler with books stacked up at the back for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups, bags and other waste that she carries back.

Source: Selected English short passages

Ere they returned to camp he knew enough to stop at " ho, " to go ahead at " mush, " to swing wide on the bends, and to keep clear of the wheeler when the loaded sled shot downhill at their heels.

Source: The Call of the Wild

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