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wheel

verb [I always + adv/prep] (CHANGE DIRECTION)
 
 /hwil, wil/

Definition

to turn around quickly: She wheeled around and slapped his face.
(Definition of wheel verb (CHANGE DIRECTION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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