spike heel
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5.0
- noun
- /spaɪk hiːl/
:
tacón de aguja
- Walking in spike heels requires a lot of practice to maintain balance.
- wear spike heels
- a pair of spike heels
- black spike heels
Examples
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The fashion show featured models strutting down the runway in stunning spike heels.
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She loves the way her legs look when she wears spike heels to parties.
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"Black spike heels and chains, too?" he asked.
Fiction book (1992) -
As she heads up to the door, her spike heels sink into the dirt.
Fiction book (2000) -
I love the one with the girl running in a flirting manner holding her spike-heel shoes, but not showing her face.
Blog text (7) -
They're led by the three ring girls in their bikinis and spike heels.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their red-and-silver five-inch spike heels are as shiny as a little boy's fire engine.
Fiction book (2002) -
A mysterious woman in an overcoat, sunglasses, and spiked heels enters.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nan hated spike heels.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was most of a block behind him, trailing along with the secretaries in spike heels, when I realized that Pete was making this very easy for me.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
17
4.8
A women's high shoe with a very thin heel
4
4.4
A very thin, high part under women's shoes that ends in a small point
4
2.7
A shoe with a high heel that makes the heel higher than the toes
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a very high, thin heel shaped like a spike' is directly and literally derivable from combining 'spike' (a long, sharp-pointed projection) with 'heel' (the rear part of a shoe). This is a straightforward compositional descriptor common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Spike heel comes from the shoe's shape: the heel is long and thin like a sharp spike, so it ends in a small point. So the name means 'a very high, thin heel that ends in a small point'.