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- [heel]
- /hil/
- /hiːl/
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- [heel]
- /hil/
Definitions of heeling word
- noun heeling a heeling movement; a cant. 1
- verb with object heeling to cause to lean or cant. 1
- verb without object heeling to incline to one side; cant; tilt: The ship heeled in going about. 1
- idioms heeling at one's heels, close behind one: The police are at his heels. Also, at heel. 1
- idioms heeling cool one's heels, to be kept waiting, especially because of deliberate discourtesy: The producer let the actors who were waiting to be auditioned cool their heels in the outer office. 1
- idioms heeling down at the heels, having a shabby, slipshod, or slovenly appearance. Also, down at heel, down at the heel, out at heels, out at the heels. 1
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Origin of heeling
First appearance:
before 850 before 850; Middle English; Old English hēl(a); cognate with Dutch hiel, Old Norse hǣll. See hock1
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Parts of speech for Heeling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heeling popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
heeling usage trend in Literature
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