fifth wheel meaning
Noun: fifth wheel
- Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
- deadwood - An extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- spare - A steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate
Derived forms: fifth wheels
Type of: bearing, car wheel, redundance, redundancy, superfluousness
Encyclopedia: Fifth wheel
[American slang]
n. an extra and unneeded person.
• I feel like such a fifth wheel around here.
• Hank is just a fifth wheel. Send him home.
Examples
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