Search for crossword answers and clues
Fairground ride
Answer for the clue "Fairground ride ", 9 letters:
big wheel
Word definitions for big wheel in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A big wheel in local government. ▪ He was a big wheel in Bucharest Securitate, Mr Manescu. ▪ The big wheel came round our way. ▪ The big wheel had stopped with our chair rocking sweetly at the summit.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Big wheel may refer to: Big wheel (tricycle) , a low-riding tricycle, usually made of plastic, with an oversized front wheel. Michigan logging wheels , also called Big wheels, large wagon wheels used in logging A Ferris wheel , commonly called a "big wheel" ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" [syn: big shot , big gun , big cheese , big deal , big enchilada , big fish , head honcho ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context idiomatic English) A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization. 2 (UK) Ferris wheel
Usage examples of big wheel.
Under the first Watchman's urgings they shuffled over to heave at the big wheel that raised the thick bar across the gates, then turned their efforts to cranking the gates open.
Loftis was rousted at a queer bar back in '44, pallin' with a lawyer named Charles Hartshorn, a big wheel downtown.
He gave it a couple of squirts, aiming it toward the big wheel in the distance.
A pink cloud streamed from the gaping hole in the shoulder and left a spiral trail as it spun toward the rotating lights of the big wheel.
Toward the back of the smithy, Altara and Quentel wrestled with the big wheel they were attempting to install as part of a makeshift hammer mill.