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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

  1. A wheelie.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wheelstands Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. (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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wheelstands Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wheelstanded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wheelstanded Tense=Past lexicographic
wheelstood Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wheelstood Tense=Past lexicographic
wheelstanding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

wheelstander