"wheeling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wheelings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheeling (plural wheelings)
  1. The motion of something that wheels.
    Sense id: en-wheeling-en-noun-Uu-YWAh9
  2. The act of moving or conveying on wheels.
    Sense id: en-wheeling-en-noun-tk3ert~7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 89 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 77 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 83 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: four-wheeling, free-wheeling, wheeling and dealing, wheeling machine, word-wheeling

Verb

Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wheeling
  1. present participle and gerund of wheel Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wheel
    Sense id: en-wheeling-en-verb-PepBMAEE

Inflected forms

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          "text": "the wheelings of birds in the sky",
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      ],
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