(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
Used in a Sentence
wheelie
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wheelie.
Editorial note
So that you can flip over in an uncontrolled wheelie at an even lower fraction of the throttle?
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Quick take
(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of wheelie gathered in one view.
(informal) Alternative spelling of wheely (“having wheels; mounted on wheels”). [(informal) Circular; suitable to rotation.]
(informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for wheelie.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
adjective
(informal) Alternative spelling of wheely (“having wheels; mounted on wheels”). [(informal) Circular; suitable to rotation.]
noun
(informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.
Example sentences
So that you can flip over in an uncontrolled wheelie at an even lower fraction of the throttle?
The only thing you really have to watch out for is popping a wheelie and crushing yourself under it.
The limiting factor is not power, but the fact that the bike will wheelie if pushed harder.
The Eagle [1], which used conventional pedals (well, conventional compared to the state-of-the-art at that time), can easily wheelie.
Legal e-bikes are not really capable of wheelie-ing using their power alone since they are limited to 750 watts.
UK: We have 2 wheelie bins per household, one for rubbish the other for recycling.
It's better to have everything in a bag or mounted on a small wheelie truck.
It’s pretty clutch to see a kid pull a thumb trigger to do a wheelie.
Saw an ebike zip past me at about 40 MPH in a wheelie, little motor screaming, splitting a lane in traffic.
Some MTBing (still can do a wheelie and trackstand, ah!) but really not much.
Some places have 2 wheelie bins but all the recycling goes in together (no tray), some places have 2-3 different boxes, for different recylables.
They are able to pop and hold a wheelie for long distances.
Quote examples
The whole “wheelie to jump cars” but “wheelie require touch on analog stick” is a mechanic I’m shocked other action race games never copied.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use wheelie in a sentence?
So that you can flip over in an uncontrolled wheelie at an even lower fraction of the throttle?
What does wheelie mean?
(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.
What part of speech is wheelie?
wheelie is commonly used as verb, adjective, noun.