to heel
1
8.7
- verb
- /hil/
- Jargon
:
golpear con el talón (del palo)
- The dress, still only basted, was a little tight on the upper arms and about an inch too long for the low-heeled pumps.
Examples
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The bell rang to open the fight, and I casually heel-and-toed it to the center of the ring.
Fiction book (1991) -
They had been in business four or five years and had a nice thing going with a well-heeled clientele of upper-crust citizens.
Fiction book (1992) -
Otherwise, if I heel strike, what did I, I just shocked my body, right?
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" Fuck their ugly mothers, every last round-heeled one of them.
Fiction book (2000) -
Clicking, clacking of the high-heeled shoe, Ford & Fitzroy, Madame George.
Blog text (6) -
All of them eye this well-heeled stranger with intense curiosity as he clutches his suitcase and stares anxiously at the floor.
Fiction book (1992) -
They plant their black thick-heeled cop shoes on the car floor not ten inches from my own, and teeter-totter back and forth in broken rhythm to the motion of the express.
Fiction book (2000) -
Thereupon, clad in full evening Western, from ten-gallon Borsalino to cock-heeled Ferragamos, he finally came to the dais before us to seek our wisdom and counsel.
Fiction book (2000) -
He accidentally heeled the ball, sending it far off to the left of the green.
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If you heel the ball too much, you'll struggle to get it on the fairway.
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
8.6
To hit a golf ball with the outer end of the clubhead instead of the center
Idioms
3
7.4
To leave quickly by suddenly walking away because you are angry or shocked
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
11
6.3
A small but serious weakness in someone or something that can cause failure
- Specialized
The small part at the back bottom of a shoe that touches the ground and can be replaced
The thin raised back of a woman's shoe is narrow at base, wider in middle, narrow at top
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
To heel in golf means to hit the ball with the heel of the club, the part nearest the shaft, and that is why a 'heeled' shot often goes off centre and loses power.