big wheel

noun, Informal.
1.
an influential or important person:
a big wheel in business.
Origin
1905-10
British Dictionary definitions for big wheel

big wheel

noun
1.
another name for a Ferris wheel
2.
(informal) an important person
Contemporary definitions for big wheel
noun

See big cheese

Slang definitions & phrases for big wheel

big wheel

modifier

: a big-wheel attitude/ Look at the big-wheel label on those jeans

noun phrase

An important person; big shot: Up to that juncture I was boss man of the family and big wheel

[1940s+; probably connected with Chicago underworld use wheels, ''gang chief, big shot,'' attested in 1932]


Idioms and Phrases with big wheel

big wheel

see under big cheese