Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest West Virginia in the Panhandle on the Ohio River southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Settled in 1769, it was an important trading post on the Cumberland Road until the 1850s. Wheeling was the state capital from 1863 to 1870 and from 1875 to 1885.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Iu mil., the act of executing a wheel.
- noun The act of traveling or of conveying a load on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.
- noun Specifically, the art or practice of riding on a bicycle or a tricycle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.
- noun The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
- noun Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on wheels.
- noun A turning, or circular movement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A city in
West Virginia ,United States
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun propelling something on wheels
- noun a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
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Examples
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WHEELING -- Troop 6 Boy Scouts carried on their Veteran's Day tradition by hosting a dinner at Vance Church on Nov. 11 in Wheeling.
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Smith, like the surgeons who walked out in Wheeling, is insured by a state run malpractice program:
Archive 2003-01-01 2003
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First we are staying with my Great Aunt Blanche in Wheeling and then we are headed on to John's aunt and uncle's place in Pittsburgh.
I Attended A Family Function... And I Did Not Bring Bundt Cake! Laura 2009
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– I was in Wheeling, WV, going down the Ohio River.
Wonk Room » Global Warming Denier Stephen Moore: Climate Change Is ‘Climate Improvement’ 2009
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First we are staying with my Great Aunt Blanche in Wheeling and then we are headed on to John's aunt and uncle's place in Pittsburgh.
Archive 2009-03-01 Laura 2009
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As a lad growing up in Wheeling, WV in the 1970s, at approximately the age of twelve, I decided that I was NOT going to eat the food I was being served by my parents any more.
Boing Boing 2009
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WTOV in Wheeling reported that the station had not been notified to pull the ad.
Heath Harrison: West Virginia "Hicky" Ad Still Airing Heath Harrison 2010
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And the people, down to the point in Wheeling, they will all say yes, we're those people, and the men, too, the ones who killed us, and the ones who only held one thing against us in Wheeling, there was just a time when we knew they were all through.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Fred Phelps and crew were in Wheeling, W. Virgina yesterday with signs that read, “God Hates West Virginia.”
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And I had to walk down steps in Wheeling too, think I crossed halls and fields as well, guess these are the worst people I know, guess that I should get used to them.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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