heel

Examples

• All

• The heel of the golf club is designed to help improve your swing accuracy.

• Eight wolves trotted swiftly at the heels of a ninth, a great she-wolf, grizzled black and silver.

  Fiction book (1993)

• But in consideration with the actual platform, the heel is only really this size.

  Zoella

• Bring it back on the toe of the stick, right here to the heel.

  Jack Frost (1998)

• The crisis came on the heels of the alliance's renaissance in the 1990s.

  Academic text (2003)

• Didn't a tiny viper bite the heel of the hero and bring him low?

  Fiction book (1994)

• The stretching exercises consist of stabilizing the heel and gently pulling the forefoot into the corrected position.

  Academic text (2005)

• The heel of the loaf of bread was crusty and brown, perfect for making toast.

• Make sure to check that the heel of your boot is securely attached before hiking.

Synonyms

C

club-head

vsheel

6.0

The part at the end of a golf club that hits the ball

is the general end of many objects rather than a specialized golf striking end

Idioms

T

to turn on one's heel

3 7.4

To leave quickly by suddenly walking away because you are angry or shocked

D

down at heel

• UK

1 8.2

Looking old and in poor condition because of poverty

Compounds

A

Achilles' heel

• Informal

11 6.3

A small but serious weakness in someone or something that can cause failure

H

high heel

6 2.7

A woman's shoe that raises the back of the foot high

S

stiletto heel

4 4.4

A very thin, high part under women's shoes that ends in a small point

S

spike heel

3 5.0

A very high, thin part at the back of a woman's shoe that ends in a small point

C

Cuban heel

1 7.2

A medium-height heel on shoes like boots, slightly tapered at the back

K

kitten heel

1 6.1

A woman's shoe with a short thin heel that gives a small lift

S

stacked heel

• Specialized

1 6.5

A shoe heel made from many thin layers of leather or other material

W

wedge heel

1 3.7

A thick triangular part under a shoe that lifts the back of the foot

B

block heel

3.3

A wide, square heel on a shoe that gives good balance

C

chunky heel

3.8

A wide, thick heel on a shoe or boot that gives more balance

F

French heel

7.4

A fairly high, narrow part at the back of a shoe that curves inward

H

heel counter

• Specialized

7.2

A piece of stiff material at the back of a shoe that supports the heel

H

heel tip

• Specialized

5.8

The small part at the back bottom of a shoe that touches the ground and can be replaced

I

iron heel

• NSFW

9.9

A heavy iron tool used to crush a foot or leg to hurt someone

T

Tar Heel State

6.8

A nickname for the state of North Carolina in the United States

W

wineglass heel

7.7

The thin raised back of a woman's shoe is narrow at base, wider in middle, narrow at top

Surface Forms

Etymology