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stiletto

stiletto

17 4.8
A women's high shoe with a very thin heel
  • noun
  • /stəˈlɛtoʊ/
translation icon : tacón de aguja
  • The fashion show featured models strutting down the runway in eye-catching stiletto heels.
  • stiletto heel
  • wear stilettos
  • stiletto shoes

She went from hot ass stilettos to like, yeah, basic ass Chuck.

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Examples

  • Stilettos require constant balance from the upper leg, causing the muscles of the backside... to tense and appear pert and ready for mating.

  • I'll be putting on my favorite pair of stilettos, wearing my shortest dress, and going bar-hopping.

  • l think that l needed a really nice pair of heels... and these got the little stiletto thing going on.

  • My dark blue stiletto sandals are amazing for weddings and you can really dance all night in them.

  • The sound that their stilettos make in the marble lobby.

  • He likes me without the dress and the makeup and the stiletto heels.

  • And she started to take her right-foot shoe off, with its stiletto heel.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • As usual, she was dressed in her navy-blue suit with her lace-trimmed white blouse and stiletto shoes, practically her work uniform.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Another is Tina Turner, all long legs and stiletto heels and a micro-mini skirt with fringe.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I found my mother's green, stiletto-heeled slippers and flopped over to the full-length mirror to admire.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

high heels
vsstiletto
51 2.7

Shoes for women with a raised back that lifts the back of the foot above the toes

are thinner and narrower at the heel than typical
high heel
vsstiletto
6 2.7

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

is much thinner and tapers sharply at the heel
high-heeled shoe
vsstiletto
4 2.7

A shoe with a high heel that makes the heel higher than the toes

focus on a very thin needlelike heel rather than general raised heels

Antonyms

2.6

Shoes for women with no or very low heel

Compounds

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

Very thin and sharply pointed like a small knife

How High

stiletto
17 4.8
high heel
6 2.7
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

stiletto singular
stilettos plural

Etymology

Stiletto for the high, thin shoe heel was borrowed from that small dagger. People called the heel a stiletto because it looks like a 'sharp point' from the old word stilus, so stilettos are heels that are very thin and pointed.