heel
heel
hi:l
hil
/hiːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "heel"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ

the back of the sole of a shoe or boot
heel definition and meaning
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ

the back part of the foot, below the ankle
heel definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a sharp pain in her heel after running for a long time.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āϤ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āϝāĻž āĻļā§āϝāĻžāĻĢā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ

(golf) a part of the clubhead, specifically the area closest to the shaft
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The golfer adjusted his stance to avoid hitting the ball with the heel.
āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

the lower end of a ship's mast
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāωāϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
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āĻ–āϞ, āύ⧀āϚ

someone who is morally reprehensible
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āĻ–āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•, āĻ­āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ

a wrestler who is a bad guy or has a villainous character, typically followed by the audience dislikes and boos
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The heel taunted the crowd after his cheap victory.
āĻšāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāϜ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇

a command given to a dog to walk closely and attentively next to its owner or handler, typically at their side, without pulling ahead or lagging behind
Formal
Specialized
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When you say " heel, " your dog should stay close to you during the walk.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ "āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ" āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ, āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āύ⧀āϚ, āϧ⧂āĻ°ā§āϤ

a contemptible person, often someone who behaves in a dishonest, mean-spirited, or self-serving manner
Disapproving
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n’t believe she acted like such a heel and lied to everyone about the situation.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧀āϚ āĻŽāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧋

to strike the ball with the heel of the golf club
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The golfer heeled his approach shot, leaving it short of the green.
āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ⧋āϚ āĻļāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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