n.
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 13th century
1 : to turn on or as if on an axis : REVOLVE
2 : to change direction as if revolving on a pivot <the battalion would have wheel ed to the flank ― Walter Bernstein> <her mind will wheel around to the other extreme ― Liam O'Flaherty> < wheel ed to face her opponent>
3 : to move or extend in a circle or curve <birds in wheel ing flight> <valleys where young cotton wheel ed slowly in fanlike rows ― William Faulkner>
4 : to travel on or as if on wheels or in a wheeled vehicle
transitive verb
1 : to cause to turn on or as if on an axis : ROTATE
2 : to convey or move on or as if on wheels or in a wheeled vehicle < wheel ed the patient back to his room> < wheel ed the car into the driveway> < wheel in the experts>
3 : to cause to change direction as if revolving on a pivot
4 : to make or perform in a circle or curve
– wheel and deal : to make deals or do business especially shrewdly or briskly