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heeltaps

heeltaps is the plural of heeltap.

Meaning of heeltap

Noun

heeltap (plural heeltaps)

  1. A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
  2. (dated) 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

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Questions about heeltaps

What is heeltaps the plural of?
Heeltaps is the plural of heeltap.

Words near heeltaps in the dictionary

  1. heelstrike
  2. heelstrikes
  3. heeltap
  4. heeltapped
  5. heeltapping
  6. heeltaps
  7. heelwalker
  8. heelwalkers
  9. heelwork
  10. heemantic
  11. Heemeyer

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