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stiletto

stiletto

19 4.8
A women's high shoe with a very thin heel
  • noun
  • /stəˈlɛtoʊ/
: 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
60 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
20 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
8 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

17 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
19 4.8
high heel
20 2.7
flat
414 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.