Definition of a third wheel

third wheel    

noun

• a third person participating in an activity with a couple.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  Last edited on May 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• a third person participating in an activity with two other people who are emotionally close.

  I was hanging out with Jason and his brother, but I just felt like a third wheel.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  Last edited on Nov 21 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 21 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'to annoy, interfere, intrude':
rock	Definitions include: to be great, exciting, or fun.
big stink	Definitions include: a large commotion.
bug	Definitions include: to pester or annoy.
p*ssy block	Definitions include: to interfere with a female's attempt to talk to a male or engaging him sexually.
troll	Definitions include: an unattractive female or one with a bad reputation.
all over (one's) *sses	Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
stress	Definitions include: to pester someone about something.
3rd wheel	Definitions include: See third wheel.
harsh (one's) mellow	Definitions include: to reduce or destroy a person's good mood.
mess with	Definitions include: to joke around with someone.
splurk	Definitions include: to bother, test, annoy, push.
hoss	Definitions include: to annoy someone.
needle	Definitions include: something hard to find.
get under (one's) skin	Definitions include: to annoy.
crash	Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
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Other terms relating to 'third':
give the third degree	Definitions include: to interrogate.
third base	Definitions include: see get to 3rd base.
third degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
third leg	Definitions include: a penis.
to the third degree	Definitions include: To an extreme extent.
Other terms relating to 'wheel':
3rd wheel	Definitions include: See third wheel.
b*tch on wheels	Definitions include: a woman who is an authority on everything.
cog in the wheel	Definitions include: an unimportant person in a larger organization.
have wheels	Definitions include: when a guy gets a lots of girls or gets affection from lots of girls
reinvent the wheel	Definitions include: to "invent" a solution to a problem that has already been solved, or to implement yet another solution to a solved problem.
set of wheels	Definitions include: a motor vehicle.
training wheels	Definitions include: salt and a lime to accompany a shot of tequila.
wheel	Definitions include: pizza.
wheels	Definitions include: an automobile.
wheels of steel	Definitions include: turntables.

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