Phrase Hound found 200 phrases and 75 compound words that contain wheels. The most common are listed below. Open wheels in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 200
- Hot WheelsA scale model car created by Hot Wheels.
- alloy wheelsplural of alloy wheel: A wheel made from an alloy other than steel (a lighter and more expensive one), as for example one of aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy, and (usually) styled so as to draw attention to its sportiness and …
- wheels are turningProgress is currently being made with respect to an ongoing process or other matter.
- wheels of steelA disc jockey or record scratcher's turntables.
- meals on wheelsA service that delivers food to those unable to cook for themselves, such as the elderly and people with disabilities.
- training wheelsAnything designed to make something easier for a novice.
- wheels of fortuneplural of wheel of fortune: The mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable.
- wheels of lifeplural of wheel of life: A mandala, representing the continuous cycle of birth, life and death.
- wheels and dealsthird-person singular simple present indicative of wheel and deal: To work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
- rear wheelsplural of rear wheel: Any wheel located at the back of a vehicle.
- kick the wheelsSynonym of kick the tires: To inspect something to ensure it meets expected standards or has favored characteristics, typically before committing to purchasing or otherwise selecting it.
- wheels-upIn the air.
- hell on wheelsA situation that is tough, aggressive, lawless, and wild.
- front wheelsplural of front wheel: Any wheel located at the front of a vehicle.
- balance wheelsplural of balance wheel: The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
- big wheelsplural of big wheel: A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
- breaking wheelsplural of breaking wheel: A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.
- color wheelsplural of color wheel: A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.
- colour wheelsplural of colour wheel: A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.
- drive wheelsplural of drive wheel: A wheel that transmits power to other elements of a mechanism.
- driving wheelsplural of driving wheel: On a steam locomotive, a powered wheel driven by the locomotive's pistons or turbine.
- fish wheelsplural of fish wheel: A water-powered device for catching fish that operates like a mill wheel.
- leading wheelsplural of leading wheel: On a steam locomotive, an unpowered wheel located in front of the driving wheels.
- medicine wheelsplural of medicine wheel: A symbol of indigenous North American culture and religion.
- pilot wheelsplural of pilot wheel: A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of a machine tool, especially an automatic machine tool, by hand.
Compound words 75
- flywheelsplural of flywheel: A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.
- wheelsetsplural of wheelset: A wheel and axle combination, such as the front and back bicycle wheels (with axles) sold as a ready-made set; or an axle and mounted left and right pair of railroad wheels.
- pinwheelsplural of pinwheel: A cogged (toothed) gear.
- cartwheelsplural of cartwheel: The wheel of a cart.
- freewheelsplural of freewheel: A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
- wheelspinThe spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting.
- wheelspanThe distance between two wheels on the same axle.
- wheelslipA problem in starting or running a locomotive or train, where excess power supplied to the driven wheels causes them to turn against the rail, especially when the rails are slippery, without moving the train forward.
- printwheelsplural of printwheel: In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.
- wheelslideA condition caused when railway vehicle wheels lose adhesion when the brakes are applied, due to slippery rails, and the train slides along the track instead of slowing down.