Usually means: Rotating exercise device for hamsters.
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  1. hamster wheel: Wiktionary
  2. hamster-wheel: Dictionary.com
  3. Hamster wheel, The Hamster Wheel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. hamster wheel: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. hamster wheel: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hamster wheel)

noun:  A circular cage for a hamster or other small rodent, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at its base.
noun:  (figuratively, by extension) A monotonous, repetitive, unfulfilling activity, especially one in which no progress is achieved.
verb:  (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To cycle fruitlessly.

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