wheel around verb4 •To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl around.At the next corner a shrill whistle sounded in Sam’s ear. He wheeled around and saw a black-browed villain scowling at him over peanuts heaped on a steaming machine. — 1908 •To cause to change direction quickly, turn. •In dancing, when a couple, holding hands, turns around 180 degrees, with the left hand dancer moving backward and the right hand dancer moving forward.When in Opposites’ positions, the two Head Couples dance a Right and Left Through to their home place where they wheel around to face the center. — 1950 •To transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or wheelbarrow.[…] meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen. — 1949 formswheeled around · wheeling around · wheels around