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Idioms about heel
Origin of heel
1First recorded before 850; Middle English hele, heil(l)e; Old English hēla, hǽla; cognate with Old Frisian hēla, Dutch hiel, Old Norse hǣll; see hock1
OTHER WORDS FROM heel
heel·less, adjectiveWords nearby heel
heebie-jeebies, heed, heedful, heedless, heehaw, heel, heel-and-toe, heel-and-toe racing, heelball, heel bar, heel bone
Other definitions for heel (2 of 3)
heel2
[ heel ]
/ hil /
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
to cause to lean or cant.
noun
a heeling movement; a cant.
Origin of heel
2First recorded 1565–75; variant of earlier heeld (the -d was reinterpreted or misinterpreted as a sign of the past tense); Middle English helden, hielden, hælden “to bend, incline”; Old English -hildan, -hieldan, -heldan “to lean, slope, incline”; akin to Old English heald “inclined,” Old Norse hallr “sloping”
Other definitions for heel (3 of 3)
heel3
[ heel ]
/ hil /
noun
a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
Professional Wrestling. a headlining wrestler who plays a villainous role and typically loses matches to the wrestler playing a heroic character.Compare face (def. 19).
Origin of heel
3An Americanism first recorded in 1910–15; perhaps from heel in the extended sense “someone or something in a very low position”; perhaps from down-at-the-heels (applied to an undesirable person constantly at one's heels); perhaps a euphemistic shortening of shit-heel
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How to use heel in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for heel (1 of 2)
heel1
/ (hiːl) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of heel
heelless, adjectiveWord Origin for heel
Old English hēla; related to Old Norse hǣll, Old Frisian hêl
British Dictionary definitions for heel (2 of 2)
heel2
/ (hiːl) /
verb
(of a vessel) to lean over; list
noun
inclined position from the verticalthe boat is at ten degrees of heel
Word Origin for heel
Old English hieldan; related to Old Norse hallr inclined, Old High German helden to bow
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Medical definitions for heel
heel
[ hēl ]
n.
The rounded posterior portion of the foot under and behind the ankle.
A similar anatomical part, such as the rounded base of the palm.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with heel
heel
see Achilles' heel; at someone's heels; bring to heel; cool one's heels; dig in (one's heels); drag one's feet (heels); head over heels; kick up one's heels; on the heels of; out at the elbows (heels); set back on one's heels; show one's heels; take to one's heels; to heel; turn on one's heel.
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