heeltap
heeltap noun: a piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
Noun
heeltap (plural heeltaps)
- A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
- A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.
- A heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it.1815, Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall
- "He's a good fellow, anyway, if he is a teetotaler!" "Drink his health!" "Give him a rouser, and no heeltaps!"1894, Mark Twain, “Chapter 11”, in Pudd'nhead Wilson
Verb
heeltap (third-person singular simple present heeltaps, present participle heeltapping, simple past and past participle heeltapped)
heeltap meaning in Malayalam
heeltap in Malayalam
- ചെരുപ്പിന്റെ മടമ്പുഭാഗം, മടമ്പുഭാഗത്തെ തുകൽ
Forms of heeltap
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | heeltaps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | heeltaps |
| present participle | heeltapping |
| past participle | heeltapped |
| past | heeltapped |
Origin of heeltap
From heel + tap.
Questions about heeltap
- What does heeltap mean?
- Heeltap means a piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
- What is heeltap in Malayalam?
- Heeltap in Malayalam is ചെരുപ്പിന്റെ മടമ്പുഭാഗം, മടമ്പുഭാഗത്തെ തുകൽ. See Heeltap meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is heeltap?
- Heeltap can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of heeltap?
- The plural of heeltap is heeltaps.
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