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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
wheelstand en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *standaną
Proto-West Germanic *standan
Old English standan
Middle English stonden
English stand
English wheelstand
From wheel + stand.
Meanings
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A wheelie.
Forms
wheelstand en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *standaną
Proto-West Germanic *standan
Old English standan
Middle English stonden
English stand
English wheelstand
From wheel + stand.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To perform a wheelie.
But the car that outscored them all was the outrageous, wheelstanding Little Red Wagon pickup, which went for more than half a million dollars.
2009 October 11, Paul Stenquist, “A Market for Cars Born to Run”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
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Relateds
wheelstander