wheel
[ hweel, weel ]
/ ʰwil, wil /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Idioms for wheel
Origin of wheel
before 900; (noun) Middle English
whel(e), Old English
hwēol, hweohl; cognate with Dutch
wiel, Old Norse
hjōl; akin to Greek
kýklos (see
cycle); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM wheel
wheel·less, adjective un·der·wheel, noun un·wheel, verb (used with object)Words nearby wheel
British Dictionary definitions for spin one's wheels
wheel
/ (wiːl) /
noun
verb
See also
wheels
Derived forms of wheel
wheel-less, adjectiveWord Origin for wheel
Old English
hweol, hweowol; related to Old Norse
hvēl, Greek
kuklos, Middle Low German
wēl, Dutch
wiel
Idioms and Phrases with spin one's wheels (1 of 2)
spin one's wheels
Expend effort with no result, as in We're just spinning our wheels here while management tries to make up its mind. This idiom, with its image of a vehicle in snow or sand that spins its wheels but cannot move, dates from the mid-1900s.
Idioms and Phrases with spin one's wheels (2 of 2)
wheel