awheel

adv
/əˈwiːl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English an Middle English a- English a- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English awheel From a- + wheel.

  1. derived from *h₂en-der

Definitions

  1. Riding a bicycle.

    • Before the war, I used often to put my "bike" on the 12.20 p.m. (Saturdays only) and cover quite a lot of ground a-wheel before returning by another "Saturdays only" train leaving Moniaive about 10 p.m.
    • Originally we were supposed to conduct the interview on bikes (or "awheel" as the British say)
  2. Travelling by a wheeled vehicle.

    • […] an observer at large who chanced to be at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Seventh Avenue late one night when the traffic signals brought to a halt the few taxis that were awheel then.
  3. Circling

    Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel.

    • Its light glimmered on the river and on the wings of carrion fowl awheel overhead.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA