big wheel
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishOutdoorbig wheelˌbig ˈwheel noun [countable] British English
DLOa machine used in amusement parks, consisting of a very large upright wheel with seats hanging from it, that turns round slowly SYN ferris wheelExamples from the Corpusbig wheel• He was a big wheel in Bucharest Securitate, Mr Manescu.• A big wheel in local government.• The big wheel came round our way.• The big wheel had stopped with our chair rocking sweetly at the summit.
DLOa machine used in amusement parks, consisting of a very large upright wheel with seats hanging from it, that turns round slowly SYN ferris wheelExamples from the Corpusbig wheel• He was a big wheel in Bucharest Securitate, Mr Manescu.• A big wheel in local government.• The big wheel came round our way.• The big wheel had stopped with our chair rocking sweetly at the summit.- in high dudgeon
- in high school
- in hindsight
- in hock
- in honour
- in honour of
- in honour of somebody/something
- in horror
- in hospital
- in hot water
- in house
- in hysterics
- in ignorance
- in imagination
- in in the name of
- in indignation
- in infancy
- in infinite wisdom
- in intensive care
- in inverted commas
- in isolation
- in isolation
- in isolation (from something)
- in isolation from
- in italics