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Slang

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wheels

Language; Slang

A car; transportation by automobile. * I gotta get some wheels pretty soon. * I’ll need a ride. I don’t have any wheels.

whirlybird

Language; Slang

A helicopter. * See that whirlybird up there? It’s timing your speed. Slow down. * The whirlybird landed on the roof of the hospital.

whiskey tenor

Language; Slang

A strained tenor. * He’s a whiskey tenor, but a good one. * Four whiskey tenors do not a barbershop quartet make.

Someone who calls a halt to something; an informer; an enforcer; a stool (pigeon). * I don’t know who the whistle-blower was, but a good time was really ruined. * Some whistleblower put Pete behind ...

whistler

Language; Slang

Someone who is a police informer; a stoolie. (Underworld. More specialized than whistle-blower.) * Tracy turned into a whistler after her last little vacation. * Who’s the whistler who squealed?

white elephant

Language; Slang

A useless or unwanted object. * How can I get rid of this white elephant? * Take all those white elephants to the flea market.

white hat

Language; Slang

A good guy; a hero. (From Western movies where you could tell the good guys from the bad guys by the color of their hats: white for good, black for bad.) * He seems like a white hat, but he’s a ...