"half-wheel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: half-wheels [present, singular, third-person], half-wheeling [participle, present], half-wheeled [participle, past], half-wheeled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} half-wheel (third-person singular simple present half-wheels, present participle half-wheeling, simple past and past participle half-wheeled)
  1. (cycling) To maintain a distance of half a wheel in front of another rider, regarded as poor etiquette. Categories (topical): Cycling Derived forms: half-wheeler
    Sense id: en-half-wheel-en-verb-9R6GQcoG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for half-wheel meaning in English (1.9kB)

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