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wheelie; wheely noun- a wheelstand, the lifting of the front wheels of a car or front wheel of a motorcyle, bicycle or skateboard off the ground due to sudden acceleration US
- — Current Slang, p. 8, Winter 1966
- During a wheelie, the driver has no steering control because the front wheels are off the ground. — Ed Radlauer, Drag Racing Pix Dix, p. 60, 1970
- Watching Blackwell in the hall doing wheelies on his latest snatch [something stolen] gives Caleb a great idea. — Jack Allen, When the Whistle Blows, p. 81, 2000
- [I] even got it to do a Lone Ranger wheely[.] — Danny King, The Bank Robber Diaries, p. 136, 2002
- a wheelchair UK
- Wayne and Marty got Mrs Shillingford in the wheelie then carried it in the taxi. — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, pp. 87–88, 1999
▶ pop a wheelie to perform a wheelie US- They rode their bikes and skateboards, popping wheelies, doing jumps and flips. — Francesca Lia Block, Baby Be-Bop, p. 394, 1995
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