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roundheels

roundheels noun: a sexually promiscuous woman. Also the plural of roundheel.

Noun

roundheels (plural roundheels)

  1. (slang) A sexually promiscuous woman.
    • […] “His wife was a roundheels anyway—”
      “Darling.” She took him by the braid-edged lapels. “Won’t you watch your language a little for the duration? I know Grannie’s horrified sometimes.”
      “Grannie wouldn’t know what a roundheels means,” Bruno said hoarsely.2001, Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=MnskPAqeLPEC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&sig=cf5GjtBSOx43JWMQbY48g0ggCmk
    • But now she ignored the display, nodded attentively, and tried to sound smart but not too smart, agreeable but not a total pushover, and—when Emilio flirted—appropriately slutty but not a complete roundheels.2003, Dan Simmons, Hard Freeze http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=e0rixLVIlVUC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&sig=f3xoIgKUi3gD98BCyJlSmThefXU

Also used as

roundheels is also the plural of roundheel.

Forms of roundheels

pluralroundheels
alternative formroundheel

Origin of roundheels

From round + heels.

Questions about roundheels

What does roundheels mean?
Roundheels means a sexually promiscuous woman.
What part of speech is roundheels?
Roundheels is a noun.
What is the plural of roundheels?
The plural of roundheels is roundheels.

Words near roundheels in the dictionary

  1. roundheaded
  2. roundheadedness
  3. roundheads
  4. roundheel
  5. roundheeled
  6. roundheels
  7. roundhouse
  8. roundhouse kick
  9. roundhouse kicks
  10. roundhoused
  11. roundhouseman

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