Fifth Wheel

Definitions: Fifth Wheel

Fifth Wheel

Noun

1. An extra car wheel and tire.

2. A steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate.

Specialty Definitions: Fifth Wheel

Domain	Definitions
Industry	A coupling in the form of two disks rotating on each other for attaching a vehicle body to the front axle so as to support it in turning. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. The weight-bearing swivel connection between highway-type tractors and semitrailers b. A wheel used to automatically operate the dump mechanism of mine orecars. (references)
Shipping	The semi-circular steel coupling device mounted on a tractor which engages and locks with a chassis semi-trailer. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Fifth Wheel

Synonym: spare (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Fifth Wheel

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I feel like kind of a fifth wheel around here, is there anything I can do? (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler)
Lyrics	Black Eldorado, fifth wheel on BACK! (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris)
Movie/TV Titles	The Fifth Wheel (1918)
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Commercial Usage: Fifth Wheel

Domain	Title
Books	Fifth Wheel (reference) The fifth wheel (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Fifth Wheel

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Photo Album: Fifth Wheel

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Power source for hoisting steel Jack up truck and use "fifth wheel" This could be dangerous - at least one leg broken by getting wrapped up Safety modifications made to system after individual severely injured Triangulation party of Paul A. Smith.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Fifth Wheel

Author	Quotation
Hervert Von Fritzlar	The cart has no place where a fifth wheel could be used.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fifth Wheel

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fifth wheel	327	citation fifth wheel	7
fifth wheel trailer	141	hitchhiker fifth wheel	7
fifth wheel camper	87	reese fifth wheel hitch	6
fifth wheel hitches	79	fifth wheel trailer for sale	6
fifth wheel hitch	68	dutchman fifth wheel	6
fifth wheel rv	47	adapter fifth wheel	6
fifth wheel travel trailer	44	fifth wheel show	6
montana fifth wheel	25	cat fifth wheel wild	6
fifth wheel rvs	19	fifth wheel cover	6
used fifth wheel trailer	16	fifth wheel recreational vehicle	6
fifth wheel trailer hitches	14	alfa fifth wheel	5
cedar creek fifth wheel	14	wilderness fifth wheel	5
cardinal fifth wheel	13	cougar fifth wheel	5
used fifth wheel	11	sportsman fifth wheel	5
used fifth wheel camper	11	aerolite fifth wheel	4
jayco fifth wheel	11	alpenlite fifth wheel	4
fifth wheel tailgate	11	fifth wheel trailors	4
fifth wheel tailgates	9	fifth wheel sales	4
prowler fifth wheel	8	fifth wheel wrecker	4
teton fifth wheel	8	fifth wheel tool box	4
fifth wheel for sale	8	montana fifth wheel trailer	4
fifth wheel accessory	7
		montana fifth wheel trailer	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Fifth Wheel

Language		Translations for "fifth wheel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		drejekrans (turnable). (various references)

Dutch		koppelschotel (articulate coupling, coupling attachment, fifth wheel coupling, turnable). (various references)

French		sellette de remorque, rond d'avant-train. (various references)

German		Segment-Lenkkranz (turnable), Drehkranz (turnable). (various references)

Greek		πέμπτος τροχός (turnable), τροχός δοκού έλξης (turnable). (various references)

Italian		anello girevole (turnable). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		余計者 (a fifth wheel, person whose presence is unwelcome or a nuisance). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		よけいもの (a fifth wheel, person whose presence is unwelcome or a nuisance). (various references)

Pig Latin		ifthfay eelwhay

Portuguese		roda do corpo dianteiro (turnable). (various references)

Russian		пятое колесо, пятая спица в колеснице. (various references)

Spanish		corona de giro (turnable). (various references)

Turkish		yedek tekerlek, gereksiz kimse, gereksiz şey (inessential, non essential, nonessential, superfluities, superfluity). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Fifth Wheel

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-f-f-h-h-i-l-t-w"
	-3 letters: whiffet, whiffle.
	-5 letters: elite, fifth, filet, filth, fleet, flite, lethe, lithe, thief, wheel, whiff, while, white, withe.
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