"wheel about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wheels about [present, singular, third-person], wheeling about [participle, present], wheeled about [participle, past], wheeled about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wheel about (third-person singular simple present wheels about, present participle wheeling about, simple past and past participle wheeled about)
  1. (intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl about. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: wheel around
    Sense id: en-wheel_about-en-verb-zt8Wp1NX
  2. (transitive) To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair, wheelbarrow or trolley. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wheel_about-en-verb--4LqIUry Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (about): 40 60

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The number of prairie dogs was absolutely astounding. […] Some of the bolder dogs—though in fact they are no dogs at all, but little marmots rather smaller than a rabbit—would sit yelping at us on the top of their mounds, jerking their tails emphatically with every shrill cry they uttered. As the danger grew nearer they would wheel about, toss their heels into the air, and dive in a twinkling down into their burrows.",
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