heels

• IPA^(key): /hiːlz/

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• Rhymes: -iːlz
• Homophone: heals

heels

1. plural of heel

heels pl (plural only)

1. High-heeled shoes.

   She wore a short skirt and heels.

   • 2019, Caravan Palace, “About You”, in Chronologic:

     I'm taller than you when I don't wear heels.

• close on the heels of (very near)
• cool one's heels (wait impatiently)
• dig in one's heels (firmly or stubbornly keep ideas when opposed)
• drag one's heels, drag one's feet (procrastinate)
• head over heels (tumbling upside down)
• hot on somebody's heels (close behind)
• kick one's heels (wait impatiently)
• kick up one's heels (dance)
• on the heels of (following behind)
• take to one's heels (flee)
• turn on one's heel (suddenly turn away to leave)

• Ehles, heles

heels

1. second-person singular present indicative of heelen