Definition of "third wheel" []

• A person or thing that serves no useful purpose. (noun)
• An unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date. (noun)

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• "But in 1983, before Hughes and his ethos hit big, it was just me and Matthew Broderick and maybe Ally Sheedy, if she wanted to be our third wheel against the much cooler and hipper world."