Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hot wheels

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: hot wheels
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scale model car created by Hot Wheels.

Informal

name

Nickname for a person who uses a wheelchair.

Derogatory; Slang

name

Nickname for a person who uses a wheelchair.

American usage; Derogatory; Slang

noun

plural of Hot Wheel.

Derogatory; Slang

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Hot Wheels (“scale model car created by Hot Wheels”).

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, wheel.

noun

plural of hot wheel

Example Sentences

"I would like you to bring me a G. I. Joe, a hot wheels,^([sic]) Movie^([sic]) projector, bike and Spirograph.^([sic])"
"But what is this contraption Greg Donaldson finished a month ago? That, says Donaldson, is the first question most people ask when they spot the red object that looks like a cross between a Hot Wheels and a Star Wars spaceship."
"Becky glanced briefly at her hand, more interested in the Dirty Dancing soundtrack on the CD player than in poker. Besides, she always brought junk to bet with—her mom was a dental hygienist, and Becky had once again showed up with a bag of Colgate samples and old magazines. "I'll match with a dental floss, and raise you a Hot Wheels and a condom.""
"One night my brother and I had an argument over a Hot Wheels and I remember going to bed wishing I was bigger and stronger so I could beat the tar out of him, I was angry and furious."
"Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who seemingly made fun of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, is now claiming that her comments referring to him as "Governor Hot Wheels" while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles on Saturday were not about Abbott's disability, but rather "his terrible policies.""

Etymology

From Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars invented and coined by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on 18 May 1968; likely from hot rod (“a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster”) + wheels (“an automobile or other vehicle”), as the company was made to produce fantasy hot rods, but also proposed to be from hot (“very good, remarkable, exciting; nice”) + wheels due to the uniqueness of the cars. The proper noun sense, specifically about the American politician Greg Abbott, is from his use of a wheelchair since a paralyzing accident in 1984.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Hot Wheel (attributive)

Synonyms

Hot Wheel

Questions

What does hot wheels mean?: A scale model car created by Hot Wheels.
Where does hot wheels come from?: From Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars invented and coined by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on 18 May 1968; likely from hot rod (“a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster”) + wheels (“an automobile or other vehicle”), as the company was made to produce fantasy hot rods, but also proposed to be from hot (“very good, remarkable, exciting; nice”) + wheels due to the uniqueness of the cars. The proper noun sense, specifically about the American politician Greg Abbott, is from his use of a wheelchair since a paralyzing accident in 1984.

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