"heeler" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-heeler.ogg [Australia] Forms: heelers [plural]
Etymology: heel + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heel|er}} heel + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} heeler (plural heelers)
  1. A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
    Sense id: en-heeler-en-noun-ZZG89HFq
  2. A quick runner.
    Sense id: en-heeler-en-noun-LX-04MI-
  3. A dog that readily comes to heel.
    Sense id: en-heeler-en-noun-CSsdSeb9
  4. (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. Tags: US, dated, slang Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-heeler-en-noun-OiWZEPBJ Categories (other): American English Topics: government, politics
  5. The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
    Sense id: en-heeler-en-noun-KchZw-jn
  6. (US) A student journalist at Yale University. Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-heeler-en-noun-4owTlTBB Disambiguation of Dogs: 11 1 28 6 10 43 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 0 24 6 16 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 0 18 7 7 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 0 13 5 5 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 1 13 8 5 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blue heeler, Lancashire Heeler, ward heeler

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for heeler meaning in All languages combined (4.1kB)

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