Wheelhouse
noun
The part of a boat or ship serving as the steering area.
The captain maneuvered the ship from the wheelhouse.
Often appears as...
- ship's wheelhouse
- boat's wheelhouse
noun
A place where someone feels confident or comfortable because it suits their abilities or preferences.
Coding is right in her wheelhouse; she has been a software engineer for years.
Often appears as...
- in somebody’s wheelhouse
- within one's wheelhouse
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Idiomatic
noun
The part of a boat or ship serving as the steering area.
The captain maneuvered the ship from the wheelhouse.
Often appears as...
- ship's wheelhouse
- boat's wheelhouse
noun
A place where someone feels confident or comfortable because it suits their abilities or preferences.
Coding is right in her wheelhouse; she has been a software engineer for years.
Often appears as...
- in somebody’s wheelhouse
- within one's wheelhouse
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/2Nautical Origin
Originally a maritime term, 'wheelhouse' relates to the commanding area of a ship.
She took me to the wheelhouse to show me the controls.
Pro Tip 2/2Leadership Setting
Use 'wheelhouse' metaphorically to describe a place where someone takes charge.
In project planning, you're in your wheelhouse.
Pro Tip 1/2Nautical Origin
Originally a maritime term, 'wheelhouse' relates to the commanding area of a ship.
She took me to the wheelhouse to show me the controls.
Pro Tip 2/2Leadership Setting
Use 'wheelhouse' metaphorically to describe a place where someone takes charge.
In project planning, you're in your wheelhouse.
Pro Tip 1/2Nautical Origin
Originally a maritime term, 'wheelhouse' relates to the commanding area of a ship.
She took me to the wheelhouse to show me the controls.
Pro Tip 2/2Leadership Setting
Use 'wheelhouse' metaphorically to describe a place where someone takes charge.
In project planning, you're in your wheelhouse.
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New and Improved PIPE...
to the next and a lot of the fleet just criticized my leadership because of it but this season I finally have a salty mate on board take the stick and clean it off to the wheelhouse or whatever I'm really stoked to have him on the boat I think he's and help me catch a lot of fish I got a lot of work to do and I'm
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Thomas Dolby: "Love Is a...
my recording studio will rise up like an ark, and I'll float off into the drowned world like a character from a J.G. Ballard novel. During the day, the Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels on the roof of the wheelhouse,
Video examples
New and Improved PIPE...
to the next and a lot of the fleet just criticized my leadership because of it but this season I finally have a salty mate on board take the stick and clean it off to the wheelhouse or whatever I'm really stoked to have him on the boat I think he's and help me catch a lot of fish I got a lot of work to do and I'm
Video examples
Thomas Dolby: "Love Is a...
my recording studio will rise up like an ark, and I'll float off into the drowned world like a character from a J.G. Ballard novel. During the day, the Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels on the roof of the wheelhouse,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Kevin Systrom
American Businessman
One of the earliest requested features was to do premium filters where a brand could sponsor a filter. It's just not in our wheelhouse. It doesn't feel 'Instagram'-my in the way that the high-quality brand ads do.
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Jesse Palmer
Football has always been my biggest passion. It's my wheelhouse. Regardless of where my career goes in television or media, I never want to lose football.
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Tom Selleck
American Actor
I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.
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Billy Bob Thornton
American Actor
My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.
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Jimmy John Liautaud
American Businessman
I don't think my wheelhouse is comfortable in Wall Street. My wheelhouse is small-town America.
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Paul W. S. Anderson
English Director
I'm staying in my wheelhouse, not making any romantic comedies in a hurry.
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse.
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Frankie Ballard
American Musician
I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do.
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Ben Falcone
American Actor
It's in my wheelhouse to be creepy, as a person.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.
Quote examples
Kevin Systrom
American Businessman
One of the earliest requested features was to do premium filters where a brand could sponsor a filter. It's just not in our wheelhouse. It doesn't feel 'Instagram'-my in the way that the high-quality brand ads do.
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Jesse Palmer
Football has always been my biggest passion. It's my wheelhouse. Regardless of where my career goes in television or media, I never want to lose football.
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Tom Selleck
American Actor
I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.
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Billy Bob Thornton
American Actor
My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.
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Jimmy John Liautaud
American Businessman
I don't think my wheelhouse is comfortable in Wall Street. My wheelhouse is small-town America.
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Paul W. S. Anderson
English Director
I'm staying in my wheelhouse, not making any romantic comedies in a hurry.
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian Actor
I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse.
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Frankie Ballard
American Musician
I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do.
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Ben Falcone
American Actor
It's in my wheelhouse to be creepy, as a person.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.
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