1A driver, in particular the driver of a getaway vehicle.
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One of his accomplices is shot, his wheelman flees with the getaway car, and Charlie races deeper into the bank, trying to evade cops and security guards.
In a July 29th, 1971 robbery of the Banker's Trust, the accused was to act as the wheelman.
One loaded it into a dark-coloured car while the wheelman sat at the ready.
Smithson is alleged to have hired them as his gunmen for payment of $5,000 each while Davidson, an associate of Smithson's, was the alleged wheelman.
2A cyclist.
骑自行车的人
in namesthe Narragansett Bay Wheelmen
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Those early wheelmen didn't have bicycle helmets, but they did wear close-fitting long-visored caps.
Definition of wheelman in US English:
wheelman
noun
North American informal
1A person who drives a car or takes the wheel of a boat.
〈主北美〉汽车驾驶员；掌舵员
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Along with Gordon, Stewart is the best pure wheelman in NASCAR and, now, in the midst of an historic hot streak, he is driving with enormous confidence.
Wanted: One wheelman with an extraordinarily heavy foot.
After his win at Texas, Biffle said the current spoiler package makes the cars the most difficult he's ever driven - but being a wheelman, he's well suited for the challenge.
Cruise plays Vincent, a hitman destined to be described by lazy critics as ‘coolly efficient,’ who dragoons Jamie Foxx's Max into being his wheelman during a long night of Los Angeles mayhem.
The plot and action is much the same as in past PSone installments - you're a wheelman, your job is to drive, hurt, maim, steal and generally cause trouble.
1.1A cyclist.
骑自行车的人
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Those early wheelmen didn't have bicycle helmets, but they did wear close-fitting long-visored caps.