spike heel

English

Noun

spike heel (plural spike heels)

A very tall, narrow heel on a shoe.
- 2007, Tasmina Perry, Daddy's Girls, page 473:
  He had pleaded with her to come back to the yacht to discuss things away from the DJ and the cocktails and eavesdropping jet set, but she had turned on her spike heels and disappeared.
A shoe with such a heel.

Synonyms

(very tall, narrow heel of a shoe): stiletto heel

Translations

very tall, narrow heel of a shoe

French: talon aiguille (fr) m
German: Bleistiftabsatz m, Pfennigabsatz (de) m

a shoe with such a heel

French: talon aiguille (fr) m
German: Stiletto (de) m, Stöckelschuh (de) m

Anagrams

sheep-like, sheeplike

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