wharf, n. pier, quay, dock, dockage, landing, marina, basin, (in the Far East) bund; jetty, jutty, mole, breakwater. wheedle, v. coax, cajole, beguile, charm, inveigle; persuade, win over, palaver, induce, move, influence; invite, lure, entice, wile; encourage, urge, entreat, importune, implore; blandish, flatter, Inf. sweet-talk, Inf. soft-soap, butter up, Inf. butter, Inf. honey up; humor, jolly, pamper, pander to, cater to, truckle to, mollify, appease; fawn on, play up to, curry favor with, court. wheel, n. 1. circular frame, disk, round, roundlet, roundel, circle; ring, band, hoop, cordon, annulus; caster, roller; cylinder, drum; trolley.
2. Informal, bicycle, cycle, Inf. bike, tricycle, ve
locipede, unicycle, tandem.
3. turn, movement, rotation, revolution; gyration, circumvolution, circumgyration, circumrotation; circuit, circulation; gyre, roll, reel, turbination; twirl, whirl, spin, whirligig, pirouette.
-v. 4. turn, rotate, spin, revolve, trundle; swivel, pivot, caracole; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round.
5. roll, trundle, push, move, convey.
6. Often wheel about or around turn around, turn about, turn on one's heels; veer around, swing around, make a U-turn, SI. pop or bang a U-ie; reverse. whereabouts, n. vicinity, vicinage, environs, purlieus, neighborhood, area; location, site, place, position, situation, locale, locality; spot, point, latitude and longitude. whereas, conj. because, since, as, inasmuch as, forasmuch as; due to the fact that, in view of the fact that, it being the case that, seeing that, considering that; while on the contrary, while, although, though, even though. wherewithal, n. means, supplies, resources, reserves, funds; money, cash, dollars, SI. bucks, SI. dough, SI. bread, SI. loot, SI. gelt, lucre, SI. moolah, SI. spondulicks, SI. mazuma; price, price of the ticket; ability, talent, competence, essentials, goods, SI. meal ticket, whet, v. 1. sharpen, point, hone, strop, edge, put an edge on, taper; grind, mill, stone, file, rasp; smooth, abrade, rub, scrape.
2. stimulate, acuminate, awaken, arouse, rouse, stir; quicken, energize, inspire, kindle, fire; titillate, excite, fillip, prick, spur; tempt, appeal to, allure, provoke, incite, instigate.
-n. 3. sharpening, pointing, honing, stropping, tapering; grinding, whetting, milling, stoning, file, filing, rasp, rasping, smoothing, abrasion, abrading, rub, rubbing, scrape, scraping.
4. stimulation, stimulating, acumination, acuminating, awakening, arousing, rousing, stirring; quickening, energizing, inspiring, kindling; titillation, titillating, exciting, prick, pricking, spur, spurring; tempting, appealing to, allurement, alluring.
5. stimulus, stimulant, stimulator, fillip, spur; tempter, allurement, incentive; provocation, incitement, instigator; appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, canapd, Hawaiian. pupu. whiff, n. 1. puff, whiffet, breath, breeze, stir, movement; gust, blast, blow.
2. trace, sniff, hint, soupgon, suspicion; slight odor or scent or aroma.
3. pop, snap, flicker, sputter, crackle, shot, spark.
-v. 4. puff, blow, waft, breeze.
5. sniff, inhale, smoke, drag, draw, pull, (of drugs) snort; gulp, gasp, while, n. 1. period, spell, time, interval, space of