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wheel

n

1 circle, gyration, pivot, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, turn, twirl, whirl

2 at the wheel at the helm, driving, in charge, in command, in control, in the driving seat, steering
vb

3 circle, gyrate, orbit, pirouette, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swivel, turn, twirl, whirl

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wheedle, wheal, wheeze, wee

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get the wheels turning	v.	launch the process, launch the project, make sure that progress is under way	idiom
clickety-clack	o.	word used to describe the sound made by the wheels of a train	by extension, it can be applied to other rhythmic similar sounds (for example, the sound of a clock or of a typing machine)
duckrolling	n.	a prank on Twitter consisting of posting a link to a picture of a duck on wheels

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