heels
/hiːlz/
heels is the plural of heel.
Meaning of heel
Noun
heel (plural heels)
- The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.1709, John Denham, Coopers-Hill
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.
- A high-heeled shoe.
- She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.2008, Kwame Shauku, Wonderful Williams and the Magnificent Seven, page 257
- The back, upper part of the stock.
Noun
heels pl (plural only)
- High-heeled shoes.
- She wore a short skirt and heels.
- I'm taller than you when I don't wear heels.2019, Caravan Palace, “About You”, in Chronologic
Phrases with heels
- heels up
- heels out
- his heels
- Tar Heels
- heels over
- high heels
- iron heels
- shit heels
- Cuban heels
- Louis heels
- spike heels
- wedge heels
59 more phrasesFewer phrases
- French heels
- kitten heels
- out at heels
- pencil heels
- rubber heels
- spring heels
- down at heels
- Achilles heels
- neck and heels
- stiletto heels
- stripper heels
- Achilles' heels
- heels over head
- lay by the heels
- out at the heels
- skyscraper heels
- cools one's heels
- down at the heels
- down in the heels
- kicks one's heels
- laid by the heels
- lays by the heels
- upon the heels of
- at someone's heels
- cooled one's heels
- dig one's heels in
- dug in one's heels
- dug one's heels in
- kicked one's heels
- cooling one's heels
- digs in one's heels
- digs one's heels in
- headless over heels
- kicking one's heels
- laying by the heels
- parliamentary heels
- took to one's heels
- kicks up one's heels
- taken to one's heels
- takes to one's heels
- kicked up one's heels
- taking to one's heels
- digging in one's heels
- digging one's heels in
- hot on someone's heels
- kicking up one's heels
- sat back on one's heels
- sit back on one's heels
- snap at someone's heels
- sits back on one's heels
- snaps at someone's heels
- show a clean pair of heels
- snapped at someone's heels
- shown a clean pair of heels
- shows a clean pair of heels
- sitting back on one's heels
- snapping at someone's heels
- showed a clean pair of heels
- showing a clean pair of heels
Words that rhyme with heels
Questions about heels
- What does heels mean?
- Heels means high-heeled shoes.
- What is heels the plural of?
- Heels is the plural of heel.
- What part of speech is heels?
- Heels is a noun.
- How do you pronounce heels?
- Heels is pronounced /hiːlz/.
Words near heels in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heels (page history and authors); heel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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