heels
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
An inflected form of heel · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,547 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,655 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- the back part of the human foot
- someone who is morally reprehensible also: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound you dirty dog
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
heels in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The girl took to her heels, and escaped.
In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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II Close upon the heels of the servant M. de Thaller came.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Fred dug his heels against the animal's side and moved away at a walk.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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Let her not go to church, but, like a hound In leon, at your heels.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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I've telephoned to New York and put a trustworthy man on the heels of Maria and the stranger.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1