heels

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiːlz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːlz
Homophone: heals

Noun

heels

plural of heel

Noun

heels pl (plural only)

High-heeled shoes.
She wore a short skirt and heels.

Translations

high heels — see high heels

See also

close on the heels of (very near)
cool one's heels (wait impatiently)
dig in one's heels (firmly or stubbornly keep ideas when opposed)
drag one's heels, drag one's feet (procrastinate)
head over heels (tumbling upside down)
hot on somebody's heels (close behind)
kick one's heels (wait impatiently)
kick up one's heels (dance)
on the heels of (following behind)
take to one's heels (flee)
turn on one's heel (suddenly turn away to leave)

Anagrams

Ehles, heles

Luxembourgish

Verb

heels

second-person singular present indicative of heelen

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