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wheel·ie  (hwl, w-)
n.
A stunt in which the front wheel or wheels of a vehicle, such as a bicycle or motorcycle, are raised so that the vehicle is balanced momentarily on its rear wheel or wheels.
[wheel + -ie.]
wheelie [ˈwiːlɪ]
n pl -ies
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a manoeuvre on a bicycle or motorbike in which the front wheel is raised off the ground
Translations
wheelie
n (inf) to do a wheelie → nur auf dem Hinterrad fahren
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