What does "wheelsuck" mean?

To sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.

Wheelsuck

Q: What is a synonym for "wheelsuck"?

Common synonyms include: sit in the wheels, sit in wheels, sit on someone's wheel, slipstream, slipstream.

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working. intransitive
"Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^([sic]) is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck)."

Synonyms

All synonyms

sit in the wheels sit in wheels sit on someone's wheel slipstream slipstream

Example

More examples

"Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^([sic]) is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck)."

Etymology

From wheel + suck.

More for "wheelsuck"

Synonyms Sentences Pronunciation Translate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonyms See usage examples Check pronunciation Browse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.