upwheel

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

up- +‎ wheel

Verb[edit]

upwheel (third-person singular simple present upwheels, present participle upwheeling, simple past and past participle upwheeled)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To wheel upward.
    • 1886, John Lancaster Spalding, The Poet's Praise, page 78:
      Like a loud trump of war, breaks forth thy song, / O Milton, where angelic hosts upwheel / To battle; or like deep-voiced organ peal / Filling with awe the mute adoring throng.