Complete Definition of "fifth wheel"

English

Noun
fifth wheel
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  1. A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multi-directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
  2. A very large truck trailer; an 18-wheeler.
  3. A very large trailer that is towed with a pickup truck.
  4. idiom Anything superfluous or unnecessary.

#:As the third person along on their date, I felt like a fifth wheel.

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Russian: п��ое коле�о(4)

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