How to pronounce “fifth wheel”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (road transport) A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multidirectional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
• (road transport, historical) A horizontal wheel or segment of a wheel above the front axle and beneath the body of a carriage, forming an extended support to prevent it from overturning.
• (idiomatic, informal) Anything superfluous or unnecessary.

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Similar Sounds

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