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big wheel

n. Slang
A very important person.
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big wheel

n
1. another name for a Ferris wheel
2. informal an important person
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big′ wheel′


n.
Informal.
an influential person.
[1905–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.big wheel - an important influential personbig wheel - 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"
big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, head honcho
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
knocker - (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
supremo - the most important person in an organization
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big wheel

noun
Slang. An important, influential person:
character, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion, nabob, notability, notable, personage.
Informal: big-timer, heavyweight, somebody, someone, VIP.
Slang: big shot, bigwig, muckamuck.
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Translations

big wheel

n (at fair) → ruota (panoramica) (Am) = big noise
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They have a dancing bear, like in the old country, and two-three merry-go-around, and people in balloons, and what you call the big wheel, Rudolph?'
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The big wheels of hansoms turned slowly along the edge of side-walks; a pale-faced youth strolled, overcome by weariness, by the side of his stick and with the tails of his overcoat flapping gently near his heels; horses stepped gingerly on the greasy pavement, tossing their heads; two young girls passed by, talking vivaciously and with shining eyes; a fine old fellow strutted, red-faced, stroking a white moustache; and a line of yellow boards with blue letters on them approached us slowly, tossing on high behind one another like some queer wreckage adrift upon a river of hats.
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The Wheel face of a changing Brum; OK, SO IT DOESN'T BOAST THE VIEWS OF THE LONDON EYE OR PARIS'S GIANT WHEEL... BUT IT'S WORTH A RIDE TO SEE THE REBIRTH OF OUR CITY

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