high heels

[hahy heels]

plural noun

1. women’s low-cut shoes with high, thin heels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of high heels¹

First recorded in 1640–50 as high heeles

Example Sentences

Bosch staged a dramatic walkout earlier this month -- in an evening gown and high heels -- from a meeting where she was lambasted by Thai organiser Nawat Itsaragrisil.

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She walked toward me, her high heels clicking across the marble floor.

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I put on my high heels, a gray A- line dress that I had made myself, and a little bit of lipstick.

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Among them: the blue hooded velvet mini dress Sabrina Carpenter wore in her “Please Please Please” music video, signed guitars from Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt, Beck’s tambourine and Natalie Cole’s orange high heels.

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On Tuesday, Mexican delegate Fatima Bosch staged a dramatic walkout -- in an evening gown and high heels -- from a meeting where she was lambasted by Miss Universe host Nawat Itsaragrisil.

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