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heeled

American  
[heeld] / hild /

adjective

  1. provided with a heel or heels.

  2. provided with money; flush or wealthy (usually used in combination).

    one of the best-heeled families in town.

  3. Slang. armed, especially with a gun.


heeled British  
/ hiːld /

adjective

    1. having a heel or heels

    2. ( in combination )

      high-heeled

  1. wealthy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of heeled

First recorded in 1555–65; heel 1 + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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It did, however, feature a piano riff from Hayes in Precious, Precious, that sounds as if it could have inspired the classic one in Traffic’s Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2018

Heeled boots, studded with glitter, have begun to moult in the autumn damp; wherever Adele settles around the room she leaves behind traces of sparkle.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2015

The head of the oil lobby was Wirt Franklin, able Oklahoma oil producer, President of the A. I. P. A. Heeled with a $50,000 fund, he began to operate in Washington a month ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Flowers of the clematis drip in beard, Slack from the fir-tree youngly climbed; Chaplets in air, flies foliage seared; Heeled upon earth, lie clusters rimed.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

Heeled shoes will soon ruin a court, and it is bad practice even to allow any one to walk over a court unless with proper footwear.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.

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