: a maneuver in which a wheeled vehicle (such as a bicycle) is momentarily balanced on its rear wheel or wheels
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He did a wheelie on his bike.
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After all, Carlsson has been at it for about 30 years now, following his first handlebar wheelie with a new record attempt three years later at Sweden's Skövde Airport.—New Atlas, 8 Mar. 2025 Beginners will need to acclimate their throttle movements to avoid unintentional wheelies (or loops) when getting underway, and NIU may want to give the Sport mode throttle ramp map a bit less instant torque in the next OTA update.—William Roberson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 On this week's episode of The Kardashians, the SKIMS co-founder, 44, scolds her two sons, Psalm, 5, and Saint, 9, while her family watches as her boys try to do wheelies on a Cyberquad.—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025 Preece's car suffered a dramatic accident becoming airborne after what looked like a wheelie and then flipping multiple times.—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wheelie
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